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Data Mining Based Threshold Development For Novelty Detection
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-03-20)
The objective of this dissertation is to develop thresholds for novelty detection with applications to statistical process control (SPC). SPC is a widely used technique for improving process and product quality. The ...
Eutectic Diffusion Brazing Process For Joining Aluminum Laminae With Macro- And Micro- Scale Features
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Eutectic brazing occurs when two metals, such as aluminum and copper, react and diffuse together at a temperature lower than either material would melt separately. Commonly used in electronics manufacturing, this brazing ...
Optimizing The Use Of Systems Engineering On Proposals
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Organizations whose primary business is executing contracts must be able to capture contracts to survive. When the contracts involve engineering complex systems, systems engineering often plays a significant role in the ...
Risk Assessment and Analysis of Pharmaceutical Industry due to Recalls
(2017-05-04)
In the past five years, there have been 5900 recalls of drugs by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which created distraught consumers and shareholders of pharmaceutical companies. In addition, recalls cause ...
MULTI-OBJECTIVE TWO-STAGE STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING FOR ADAPTIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH PIECE-WISE LINEAR NETWORK TRANSITION MODELS
(2017-08-16)
Pain is the most common symptom when a patient visits a physician. People experience pain throughout their lifetime at different degrees. If short term pain is not treated properly, then it can become long term pain, ...
Mathematical Programming Approaches For Land Use Planning That Limits Urban Sprawl
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Sprawl has a detrimental effect on quality of life and the environment. For example, it increases our dependence on vehicles for daily tasks. This leads to increased vehicular pollution. It also increases traffic, which ...
Inventory Pooling In Petroleum Upstream Logistics Network
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-07-14)
The petroleum industry is heading toward the era of efficiency and cost reduction. Oilfield service companies have to raise their efficiency to stay competitive. This dissertation explores the efficiency issues facing an ...
OPTIMIZING A SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
(2018-05-07)
There has been a significant increase in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) mainly because of the need to have a greener living. Thus, ease of access to charging facilities is a prerequisite for large scale deployment ...
A Design And Analysis Of Computer Experiments-based Approach To Approximate Infinite Horizon Dynamic Programming With Continuous State Spaces
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Dynamic programming (DP) is an optimization approach that transforms a complex problem into a sequence of simpler sub-problems at different points in stage. The original DP approach used Bellman's equation to compute the ...
Facility Capital Equipment And Labor Decision Support System Using A Discrete-event Simulation And Bottleneck Detection Approach
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Market demand is constantly changing. Therefore, it is critical for companies to be flexible and willing to adapt in order to remain competitive. This study will evaluate bottleneck detection techniques that have been ...