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An Analytical Performance Management Framework Enabiling Enterprise Strategy Management
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Performance management has gained noticeable interest from both researchers and executive in the past two decades. Financial measures are no longer a primary emphasis for researchers and executives. One of the most popular ...
Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline Based Framework For Statistically Parsimonious Adaptive Dynamic Programming
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-10-11)
Central to Dynamic Programming (DP) is the `cost-to-go' or `future value' function, which is obtained via actually solving the Bellman's equation and central to Approximate Dynamic Programming (ADP) is the use of an ...
Methodology For Reverse Supply Chain Design In Consumer Electronics Industry
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Reverse Logistics (RL), the art and science of moving goods typically from the end consumer towards the upstream end of supply chains, has been the subject of many strategic meetings in organizations today. This is attributed ...
Designing Multi-objective Reverse Logistics Networks Using Genetic Algorithms
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Reverse logistics (RL) involves management of activities that include collection, sort/storage, transportation, recovery, disposal and re-distribution. The product return process is more complicated than forward logistics ...
Multivariate Modeling For A Multiple Stage, Multiple Objective Green Building Framework
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-03-20)
Green building is a sustainable concept to reduce environmental impact. Decision–making for green building is a complex task. A multi–stage green building framework will guide future development of a comprehensive multiple ...
System And Method For The Pooling Of Sterile Product
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-10-08)
This dissertation defines an automated system and method for removing the tops from individual sealed bottles and pooling the small volumes of liquid contained in each bottle together in a collection container while ...
Statistics-based Approaches To Stochastic Optimal Control Problems
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-08-23)
This dissertation develops practical approaches to stochastic optimal control problems in the absence of linear system transition functions, quadratic cost functions, and/or Gaussian random disturbances. In such type of ...
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 ...
A Robust Cooperative Localization System For A Heterogeneous Team Of Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-09-19)
This dissertation presents an organic approach to the cooperative localization problem by sequentially solving the problems of sensor calibration, multi-sensor fusion filtering, and cooperative localization. Successful ...
CNT Reinforced Epoxy Foamed And Electrospun Nano-fiber Interlayer Systems For Manufacturing Lighter And Stronger Featherweight Composites
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-03-20)
Multiple works have been performed in improving carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites especially in terms of strength so delamination, which is the major defect in laminated composites, is prevented. Nevertheless, ...