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A Dyadic Composition To Foster Virtual Team Effectiveness: An Experimental Study, Gamze Karayaz

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The importance of effectiveness for virtual teamwork continues to gain momentum as technology and globalization of work accelerate. The implementation of virtual teams provides one approach to enhance competitiveness, overcoming the disadvantages of space and time differences through collaborative technologies. The influence of structure to virtual team performance has not been clearly established in the literature. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the effectiveness of a dyad structured approach for virtual teams using a quasi-experimental research design.

This research investigated four questions related to the influence of structure on virtual team effectiveness related to task performance, communication …

A Robust Reactive Scheduling System With Application To Parallel Machine Scheduling, Jean-Paul M. Arnaout

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

In this turbulent world, scheduling role has become crucial in most manufacturing production, and service systems. It allows the allocation of limited resources to activities with the objective of optimizing one performance measure or more. Resources may be machines in a factory, operating rooms in a hospital, or employees in a company, while activities can be jobs in a manufacturing plant, surgeries in a hospital, or paper work in a company. The goal of each schedule is to optimize some performance measures, which could be the minimization of the schedule makespan, the jobs' completion times, jobs' earliness and tardiness, among …

A Dynamic Heuristic For The Stochastic Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem, Jean-Paul Arnaout, Ghaith Rabadi, Ji Hyon Mun

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper addresses the problem of batch scheduling in an unrelated parallel machine environment with sequence dependent setup times and an objective of minimizing the total weighted mean completion time. The jobs' processing times and setup times are stochastic for better depiction of the real world. This is a NP-hard problem and in this paper, new heuristics are developed and compared to existing ones using simulation. The results and analysis obtained from the computational experiments proved the superiority of the proposed algorithm PMWP over the other algorithms presented.

An Integrated Framework For Modeling And Simulation Of The U.S. Southern Border: A Border Patrol Perspective, Shannon R. Bowling, Ghaith Rabadi, Charles Keating

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Border Security is a complex system consisting of many interrelated components that must function as a whole in order to be effective. The efficacy of border security is dependent on several independent agencies; these include U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Justice (DOJ), state and local law enforcement, and many others. Border security is not only a function of how well each of the agencies perform individually but also how well they interact to accomplish a goal. This paper attempts to model border security from a Border Patrol (BP) perspective using discrete …

Analyzing Faulty Knowledge Systems In Project-Based Environments: An Empirical Investigation In A R&D Organization, Rafael E. Landaeta, Cesar Ariel Pinto, Timothy G. Kotnour, William R. Peterson

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

This investigation contributes a framework of the relationships among the faulty elements of a knowledge system in a project-based organization. The framework was developed during an applied research project at a R&D organization. A knowledge system can be defined as a series of inputs, processes, and outputs that interact with each other with the purpose of enhance the performance and capabilities of an organization or work unit through knowledge. The framework was developed using literature, our experience as applied researchers, and data collected from members of a R&D organization. Data was collected through a survey, interviews, and group meetings. The …

Effect Of Repetitions On Static And Dynamic Strength, Sai Chaitanya Reddy Bogolu

LSU Master's Theses

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of repetitions on static and dynamic strength. The study is divided into two parts, the first part investigated static and dynamic strength during one, three and six repetitions per minute, and the second part of the study analyzed dynamic strength data collected using the Multiaxial Multipurpose Isokinetic Dynamometer. The study comprised of dynamic strength test data at three speeds of one, five and ten inch per second. Five male subjects participated in the first part of the study, and the results were analyzed by plotting a time series to observe …

Effects Of The Use Of Soybean Oil As Cutting Fluid On The Surface Finish For Turning Operations, Carlos Alberto TeráN Yengle

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Concerns about the long term supply of petroleum, the instability of its prices, and growing environmental issues have led to a variety of legislative and public support for the use of agricultural commodities in industrial applications. This study is of importance because of environmental and health hazards concerns, and the possibility of reducing operating costs with the elimination of disposal of used cutting oil that the use of biodegradable oil offers to the metal-cutting operations.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the use of an experimental soybean-based oil as a cutting fluid on surface finish …

An Investigation Into Microwave Energy To Soften Scrap Tire Rubber Aiding Existing Mechanical Separation Processes, Russell Jon Lucas

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This research was performed to soften scrap tires to aid in their transformation from whole tires to valuable streams of rubber and steel for reuse in industry. Actual shredded scrap rubber was used in this experiment to determine if this highly variable material could yield consistent results if subjected to volumetric heating from a magnetron emitting microwave energy.

A consumer microwave oven was used to heat this material. This oven had its control circuitry modified by using a programmable logic controller to operate the energy exposure time. The sample's surface temperature was measured utilizing a non contact infrared thermometer. All …

Chapter 7 Impact Of Interconnecting Issue Of Pv/Wes With Eu On Their Reliability Using A Fuzzy Scheme, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Chapter 5 Operation Control Strategy And Simulation Of Wtg Interconnected With Eu, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Chapter 4 Design Of Wes Interconnected With Eu, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Definations, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Abstract English, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Abstract of Ph. D. Thesis Study of Interconnecting Issues of Photovoltaic/Wind Hybrid System with Electric Utility Using Artificial Intelligence By Eng. Adel A. Elbaset Submitted to Electrical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Elminia University The overall objective of PV and WES are to obtain electricity from the sun and wind that are cost competitive and even advantageous with respect to other energy sources. The global average insolation i.e. horizontal global and wind speed in Egypt are relatively good. The design of photovoltaic wind en¬ergy system hybrid power system (PV/WES HEPS) has many difficulties if we take all economical and technical …

Chapter 1 Introduction And Previous Work, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Arabic Abstract, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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ملخص الرسالة "دراسة قضايا ربط نظام مختلط من منظومة فوتوفولتية و منظومة رياح مع شبكة كهربية بإستخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي" يشهد العالم إرتفاعاًَ ملحوظاَ في أسعار الوقود الحفري منذ نهاية القرن الماضي وحتي الاّن ، ويزداد هذا الإرتفاع والتناقص في المخزون يوماَ بعد يوم. ولهذا فقد إتجهت أنظار الباحثين في مجال توليد القدرة الكهربية إلي التوسع في إستغلال مصادر الطاقة الغير تقليدية وبصفة خاصة مصادر الطاقة الجديدة والمتجددة. وتعتبر الطاقة الجديدة والمتجددة من الطاقة التي لا تنضب بالاستخدام لأنها تعتمد علي مصادر طبيعية متجددة ، ومن أمثلة هذه المصادر الشمس، والرياح، والمد والجزر، حرارة باطن الأرض …………..الخ. ولقد أصبح استغلال هذه …

Examining Committee, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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References, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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A_ Cover, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Contents, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Computer Programs, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Chapter 8 Conclusions And Suggestions For Future Work, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Chapter 3 Operation Control Strategy And Simulation Of Pv System Interconnected With Eu, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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Chapter 6 Design And Control Strategy Of Pv/Wes Heps Interconnected With Eu, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset

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