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Acuta Enews December 1998, Vol.27, No. 12

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Acuta Enews November 1998, Vol.27, No. 11

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Student Paper Competition

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Cracking The Shell To Student Learning: An Innovative Instructional Approach, John R. Olson, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Management and Industrial Engineering courses is motivating students to learn and apply the quantitative and managerial aspects of the material. The aim of our educational methodology is to not only teach and reinforce the core principles of the disciplines, but to have students develop a set of skills that will make them competitive in the classroom and the workforce. Teaching is why a university exists. As a result, the objective of our instructional approach is to attract and retain dedicated students to the fields of Operations Management and Industrial Engineering and to keep those students competitive and in focus with …

Acuta Enews October 1998, Vol.27, No. 10

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FCC Approves Two-Way Digital ITFS and MDS Communications

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Using Simulation To Derive Activity-Based Costing Estimates, Paul Savory, Robert Williams

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

This presentation showcases integrating activity based costing into the development of a SIMAN simulation of a manufacturing system.

Acuta Enews September 1998, Vol.27, No. 9

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Is xDSL Right for Your Campus?

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Acuta Enews August 1998, Vol.27, No. 8

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Acuta Enews July 1998, Vol.27, No. 5

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Acuta Enews June 1998, Vol.27, No. 6

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CICs Go to 4 Digits June 30

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Acuta Enews May 1998, Vol.27, No. 5

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Acuta Enews April 1998, Vol.27, No. 4

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Acuta Enews March 1998, Vol.27, No. 3

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Acuta Enews February 1998, Vol.27, No. 2

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Acuta Enews January 1998, Vol.27, No. 1

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A Multithreaded Scheduler For A High-Speed Simulator, Gene Saghi, Kirk Reinholtz, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

The Cassini spacecraft is on its journey to Saturn to perform a close-up study of the Saturnian system; its rings, moons, magneto-sphere, and the planet itself. Sequences of commands will be sent to the spacecraft by ground personnel to control every aspect of the mission. To validate and verify these command sequences, a bit-level, high-speed simulator (HSS) has been developed. To maximize performance, the HSS is implemented with multiple threads and runs on a multiprocessor system. A key component of the HSS is the scheduler, which controls the execution of the simulator. The general framework of the scheduler can be …

Acuta Enews December 1997, Vol. 26, No. 12

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Sixth Annual Institutional Excellence Awards Competition

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1998 ACUTA Events

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Acuta Enews November 1997, Vol. 26, No. 11

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Acuta Enews October 1997, Vol. 26, No. 10

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Acuta Enews September 1997, Vol. 26, No. 9

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Acuta Enews August 1997, Vol. 26, No. 8

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Acuta Enews July 1997, Vol. 26, No. 7

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Acuta Enews June 1997, Vol. 26, No. 6

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Acuta Enews May 1997, Vol. 26, No. 5

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Acuta Enews April 1997, Vol. 26, No. 4

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Acuta Enews March 1997, Vol. 26, No. 3

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Acuta Enews February 1997, Vol.26, No. 2

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Acuta Enews January 1997, Vol.26, No. 1

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An Integrated Approach To Simulation And Activity-Based Costing For Evaluating Alternative Manufacturing Cell Designs, Robert Williams, Paul Savory, Rodney Rasmussen

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

One effective technique for improving manufacturing efficiency involves the application of group technology part families and manufacturing cells. Selection of the best or optimum configuration of the manufacturing cell relies on the experience and judgment of the cell designer. This paper describes how activity-based costing (ABC) concepts can be integrated into a discrete-event simulation model and be used to evaluate manufacturing cell configurations. The output of the combined ABC simulation model provides a detailed “Bill of Activity” which allows the cell designer to consider costs as a critical factor in the cell design problem. Alternative cell configurations studied in this …

Selecting For Random Drug Testing At Union Pacific Railroad, Jennifer Meyer, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Many industries have recently implemented programs to detect and deter the use of recreational drugs in the workplace. The transportation industry has received careful government attention, particularly where the safety of the public may be seriously affected by employees who use drugs. Following federal guidelines, Union Pacific Railroad first implemented a random drug-testing plan in 1990. Because the assigned jobs, shifts, and work locations of many railroad employees change frequently, defining the selection population was particularly challenging. In its continuing efforts to validate and improve this plan, Union Pacific Railroad sought an external evaluation to determine the fairness of its …

Simulating Queue Scheduling Policies For A Spacecraft Simulator, Paul Savory, Gene Saghi

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

The mission of the Cassini spacecraft is a unique opportunity to gain insights into major scientific questions about Saturn, the creation of the solar system, and the conditions that led to life on Earth. In preparation for the launch, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed a software simulator to emulate the hardware data-control system of the spacecraft. Its primary use is to validate and verify commands that will be transmitted to the spacecraft. To improve the performance of the simulator, we used the SIMAN simulation language to model numerous queue-scheduling policies. Implementation of the simulation results combined with a software-code redesign …