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Performance Evaluation In Reverse Logistics With Data Envelopment Analysis
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Good reverse logistics design can save cost, increase revenues, and gain competitive edges over the rivals. Design of the optimized reverse supply chain model is a very important task to help enterprises save cost and gain ...
Constraint Optimal Selection Techniques (COSTs) For Linear Programming
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2012-07-25)
Simplex pivoting algorithms remain the dominant approach to solve linear programming (LP) because they have advantages over interior-point methods. However, current simplex algorithms are often inadequate for solving a ...
The Equivalence And Generalization Of Optimization Criteria
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-10-11)
In this dissertation we first show that existing optimization criteria are equivalent to the maximization of a real-valued function in a one-dimensional Euclidean space. The criteria are said to be scalar equivalent. All ...
Constraint Optimal Selection Techniques (COSTs) For A Class Of Linear Programming Problems
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-09-17)
This dissertation describes two classes of Constraint Optimal Selection Techniques (COSTs). An algorithm of each type is developed for solving nonnegative linear programming problems. In addition, geometric interpretations ...
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 ...
Two-stage Stochastic Programming In Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management
Chronic pain is a global health problem. About 100 million adult Americans suffering from chronic pain, which costs $560 - $635 billion per year. The Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at the University of Texas ...
Integrated Nurse Staffing And Assignment Under Uncertainty
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-09-17)
One of the major problems in the United States health care system is a shortage of nurses. Baby boomers and an increasing elderly population are the main reasons for a rapidly growing demand for nurses. Besides the decline ...
Optimization Models For Leishmaniasis Control: A Case For Bihar, India
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-10-22)
Leishmaniasis, is a family of infectious diseases, which mostly affects poor and developing countries. The highest prevalence and mortality rate of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) the world over occurs in Bihar state of ...
Mixed Integer Programming Models For Selecting Ground-level Ozone Control Strategies
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1990, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was required to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants that are considered harmful to public ...
Mathematical Optimization Techniques For Managing Selective Catalytic Reduction For Coal-fired Power Plants
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Coal is one of the most important energy sources in the U.S. However, it is also one of the biggest air polluters where the major emissions generated from coal combustion are oxides of nitrogen (NOx). NOx leads to ozone ...