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Multi-objective Evaluation Of Dynamic Facility Layout Using Ant Colony Optimization
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-04-22)
The Dynamic Facility Layout Problem (DFLP) deals with changes of facility layout throughout time. As an extension to Static Facility Layout Problem (SFLP), it has gathered increasing interests lately. Facility layouts are ...
Sequential Frameworks For Statistics-based Value Function Representation In Approximate Dynamic Programming
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-09-17)
Dynamic programming (DP) was derived by Bellman in 1957 as a mathematical programming method to solve multistage decision problems. The DP concept has great potential, but it only can solve small problems exactly under ...
Material Flow Control In A Sequence Dependent Job Shop Via Order Release And Dispatching Mechanisms
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-09-17)
Material flow control on the shop floor involves the release and dispatching of orders to meet customer due dates, while minimizing operating costs. The early release of orders to the shop floor does not necessarily ensure ...
The Application Of Discrete-event Simulation For Demining Strategy Evaluation
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-08-08)
Teams of mobile autonomous robots have been proposed for the detection and clearing of landmines. Several competing strategies for automated mine detection have been proposed. This paper will discuss the development of a ...
A Dynamic Multiple Stage, Multiple Objective Optimization Model With An Application To A Wastewater Treatment System
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-08-08)
Decision-making for complex dynamic systems involves multiple objectives. Various methods balance the tradeoffs of multiple objectives, the most popular being weighted-sum and constraint-based methods. Under convexity ...
Sealing And Lamination Of Microfluidic Devices
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-09-17)
A difficult problem facing microfluidic manufacturing of devices remains that often material requirements force device designers to choose materials that are difficult to bond, seal or enclose. Examples of these materials ...
Formulation Of Lean Six Sigma Critical Business Processes For Manufacturing Facilitites
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-04-22)
The author desired to create a method organizing the concepts from Lean, Six Sigma, critical business processes, and simplifying the usage of these concepts to identify Lean Six Sigma Critical Business Processes. Inspired ...
New Equilibria For Noncooperative Games
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-08-08)
In this dissertation we present an alternative to the Nash Equilibrium (NE), which is regarded as the fundamental solution concept in game theory. An NE provides a solution in which no player can improve his payoff by ...