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Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Synergistic Decision-Making Systems: Using Models Of Decision-Making Behaviors And Resources To Design Better Decision-Making System, Ronald R. Carter
Synergistic Decision-Making Systems: Using Models Of Decision-Making Behaviors And Resources To Design Better Decision-Making System, Ronald R. Carter
Masters Theses
Despite advances in decision-making systems, many practical issues remain unaddressed and much of the computer's potential for supporting decisions is unrealized. The existing systems are often limited to specific decision-making activities or domains, and they force the decision-maker to adopt a closed and inflexible way of doing things. What is needed is a new approach to building decision-making systems, one that is not focused on how decisions should be made, but on the behaviors and resources involved in decision-making and how they affect the results. This paper explores such an approach. It examines how models of decision-making behaviors and resources …
Preparing The Leaders For Mechatronics Education, Sema E. Alptekin
Preparing The Leaders For Mechatronics Education, Sema E. Alptekin
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Mechatronics is the synergetic combination of precision mechanical engineering, electronic control and systems thinking in the design of products and processes. There is a need to develop interdisciplinary programs in Mechatronics that better prepare our graduates to design, build, and operate the products and systems of today and tomorrow. To address this need, National Science Foundation funded a project entitled "Preparing the Leaders for Mechatronics Education" undertaken by Cal Poly in 1995 - 1996. In this paper, the activities that took place during this two-year program is outlined. Several courses and course modules have already been developed and implemented by …
A Comparison Of Traffic Models: Part 1, Framework, Hong Lo, Wei-Hua Lin, Lawrence Liao, Elbert Chang, Jacob Tsao
A Comparison Of Traffic Models: Part 1, Framework, Hong Lo, Wei-Hua Lin, Lawrence Liao, Elbert Chang, Jacob Tsao
Faculty Publications
This report defines a framework for comparing dynamic traffic models. It emphasizes four dimensions: functionality, traffic dynamics, route choice dy namics, and overall network performance. The first dimension compares the models through a check-list of model functions. Regarding the last three comparison dimensions, a total of five networks and twelve scenarios are defined. These test scenarios are designed to accentuate model properties and differences. Also included in the report are a list of performance measures for comparison purpose, and a discussion of the interpretation of results.
Dynamic Traffic Assignment For Automated Highway Systems: A Two-Lane Highway With Speed Constancy, H.-S. Jacob Tsao
Dynamic Traffic Assignment For Automated Highway Systems: A Two-Lane Highway With Speed Constancy, H.-S. Jacob Tsao
Faculty Publications
Dynamic traffic assignment through analytical modeling and optimization has been widely accepted by the IVHS R&D community as a promising traffic control tool for understanding and relieving traffic congestion on conventional highways and city streets. Due to the completely controlled nature of AHS traffic, dynamic assignment of AHS traffic is even more promising. One added dimension of complexity associated with AHS dynamic traffic assignment is lane assignment. Lane changes, for fully utilizing AHS capacity or for exiting, incur disturbances to and hence reduction of longitudinal flow. Intelligent lane assignment is necessary to ensure a high rate of successful exiting, to …
Applications Of Artificial Neural Networks In Interactive Simulation, Payman Jula
Applications Of Artificial Neural Networks In Interactive Simulation, Payman Jula
Masters Theses
Although there have been many improvements in simulation technology over the past few years, it still suffers from many limitations. Simulation methods are usually time consuming and hence not suitable for the interactive decision making processes.
In this project, applications of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to simulate manufacturing systems have been studied. The backpropagation Multiple Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) have been applied to simulate manufacturing systems. Some guidelines for developing appropriate ANNs have been presented. The results of ANN approach have been compared to those of conventional simulation methods.
An Artificial Life Model Of Engineering Attrition Contemplation: Why Do Federally Employed Civilian Engineers Think Of Quitting?, John William Herweg
An Artificial Life Model Of Engineering Attrition Contemplation: Why Do Federally Employed Civilian Engineers Think Of Quitting?, John William Herweg
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The research objective is, using engineer turnover, to develop an Artificial Life (A-Life) model and simulation methodology useful for studying behavioral variables of individuals in an organization.
One consequence of work stress is burnout, and its extreme expression is quitting or turnover. Various models have been used to explain and predict this behavior. Behavior models are useful tools to explore the ability of organizational policies to reduce stress levels and turnover. Advancing the usefulness of models is a goal which assists all research on human behavior. A-Life offers a new and different methodology for this purpose. It provides an ability …
Dynamic Lot Sizing And Scheduling In A Multi-Item Production System, Padmanabhan Soundar
Dynamic Lot Sizing And Scheduling In A Multi-Item Production System, Padmanabhan Soundar
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations
In this research, algorithms are developed to address the problem of dynamic lot sizing and scheduling in a single level (or single operation) production system. This research deviates from previous research in this area in that it does not have the kind of assumptions regarding the real world production system that normally were made to reduce the complexity of the problem. Specifically, this research explicitly considers finite capacity, multiple items, known deterministic dynamic demand, sequence dependent setup times and setup costs, setup carryover and variable backlogging. The objective is to simultaneously determine the lot size and the sequence of production …
Recorders Play An Essential Role In Emissions Monitoring, Elizabeth C. Scheyder
Recorders Play An Essential Role In Emissions Monitoring, Elizabeth C. Scheyder
Elizabeth C Scheyder
PC-based recording devices perform many of the data acquisition tasks required by regulatory agencies today, but end users continue to rely on traditional paper-based recorders for extra comfort.
Constraints On Initial Ahs Deployment And The Concept Definition Of A Shuttle Service For Ahs Debut, H.-S. Jacob Tsao
Constraints On Initial Ahs Deployment And The Concept Definition Of A Shuttle Service For Ahs Debut, H.-S. Jacob Tsao
Faculty Publications
The concept of automated highway system (AHS) was motivated primarily by its potential for large capacity and safety gains without requiring significant right-of-way acquisition. However, highway automation involves a multitude of design options as well as systems issues. Compounded by the crucial dimension of evolving the current highway system towards the mature AH& there exist a large number of possible evolutionary paths to AHS. Perhaps due to the immense complexity, little attention has been paid to the evolution dimension.Particularly important and difficult in defining a deployment sequence is the very first step,i.e. the first user service involving fully automated (hands-off …
Stage Definition For Ahs Deployment And An Ahs Evolutionary Scenario, H.-S. Jacob Tsao
Stage Definition For Ahs Deployment And An Ahs Evolutionary Scenario, H.-S. Jacob Tsao
Faculty Publications
The concept of automated highway systems (AHS) as a means to solve the fast-worsening highway congestion problem has received renewed attention recently. Pros and cons of various mature AHS have been a subject of intense study. However, such discussions are nothing but intellectual exercises unless the issue of how to evolve the current highway systems towards these mature AHS can be resolved. There exist a large number of different possible mature AHS. The additional dimension of evolution leads to an even larger number of possible evolutionary scenarios. This paper proposes an approach to defining evolutionary scenarios and illustrates it with …
Cycle Time Estimation For Simulating A Tandem Queueing Systems Using Aggregation Techniques, Paul Savory, Gerald Mackulak
Cycle Time Estimation For Simulating A Tandem Queueing Systems Using Aggregation Techniques, Paul Savory, Gerald Mackulak
Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
One approach to simulating a single-server tandem queuing system is to explicitly model each of the production stages. In this paper, we apply queueing theory, a recursive algorithm, and composite random number sampling to develop an equivalent aggregate representation consisting of only a single production stage. Preliminary test results indicate that the aggregation works well for estimating the mean and variability of the total cycle time.
Linear Programming With Inequality Constraints Via Entropic Perturbation, Jacob Tsao, Shu-Cherng Fang
Linear Programming With Inequality Constraints Via Entropic Perturbation, Jacob Tsao, Shu-Cherng Fang
Faculty Publications
A dual convex programming approach to solving linear programs with inequality constraints through entropic perturbation is derived. The amount of perturbation required depends on the desired accuracy of the optimum. The dual program contains only non-positivity constraints. An ϵ-optimal solution to the linear program can be obtained effortlessly from the optimal solution of the dual program. Since cross-entropy minimization subject to linear inequality constraints is a special case of the perturbed linear program, the duality result becomes readily applicable. Many standard constrained optimization techniques can be specialized to solve the dual program. Such specializations, made possible by the simplicity of …
The Effects Of Post Inoculant Additions On Ductile Iron Fade, Travis James Frush
The Effects Of Post Inoculant Additions On Ductile Iron Fade, Travis James Frush
Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
This study involved the investigation of three specific, commercially available, post inoculants for ductile iron and their effect on the magnesium fading rate and chill reducing tendency in a low volume production environment. Although fading effects of ductile iron have been extensively investigated, in general, they apply to high volume production operations. Unfortunately, for the smaller foundry operations, many of the process solutions proposed for the prevention of the fading effects are not applicable or practical. In addition to the small production operations, new process technologies are also excluded from many of these process solutions. For this reason, a study …
Dynamic Scale Genetic Algorithm: An Enhanced Genetic Search For Discrete Optimization, Bela Dange Joshi
Dynamic Scale Genetic Algorithm: An Enhanced Genetic Search For Discrete Optimization, Bela Dange Joshi
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The minimization of operations and support resources of reusable launch vehicles is a complex task, involving discrete optimization and the simulation domain. Genetic algorithms, offering a robust search strategy suitable for integer variables and the simulation domain, can be applied to minimize these resources. This research developed an enhanced genetic algorithm for problems with a linear objective function, the most common class of discrete optimization problems. The dynamic scale genetic algorithm developed here incorporates concepts of implicit enumeration to enhance search. This is achieved by utilizing problem specific information to refine the solution space over successive generations. The utility of …
Linear Programming With Inequality Constraints Via Entropic Perturbation, Jacob Tsao, Shu-Cherng Fang
Linear Programming With Inequality Constraints Via Entropic Perturbation, Jacob Tsao, Shu-Cherng Fang
H.-S. Jacob Tsao
A dual convex programming approach to solving linear programs with inequality constraints through entropic perturbation is derived. The amount of perturbation required depends on the desired accuracy of the optimum. The dual program contains only non-positivity constraints. An ϵ-optimal solution to the linear program can be obtained effortlessly from the optimal solution of the dual program. Since cross-entropy minimization subject to linear inequality constraints is a special case of the perturbed linear program, the duality result becomes readily applicable. Many standard constrained optimization techniques can be specialized to solve the dual program. Such specializations, made possible by the simplicity of …
An Investigation Into Manufacturing Execution Systems, K. W. Duley
An Investigation Into Manufacturing Execution Systems, K. W. Duley
Theses : Honours
Hardware and software developments of this decade have exposed an hiatus between business/management applications and process control in heavy industry in the implementation of computer technology. This document examines the development of discrete manufacturing and of relevant implementations of computing. It seeks to examine and to clarify the issues involved in a perceived current drive to bridge this gap, to integrate all the systems in a manufacturing enterprise in a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in order to address two hypotheses: I) That overseas trends towards the development of manufacturing execution systems have application in the Australian industrial context. 2) That …
Distributed Control Takes New Shapes Under Pc Pressure, Elizabeth C. Scheyder
Distributed Control Takes New Shapes Under Pc Pressure, Elizabeth C. Scheyder
Elizabeth C Scheyder
PCs are making inroads in process control, but DCSs still rule in many applications. Here is why engineers go the DCS route, and what DCS makers are doing to keep it that way.