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Modeling the effect of the curing conversion on the dynamic viscosity of epoxy resins cured by an anhydride curing agent
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-02-05)
Published curing profiles of epoxy resins mixed with an anhydride curing agent and subsequently crosslinked were reanalyzed with a modified sigmoidal model to describe the dynamic viscosity accompanying resin curing. The ...
Financial Cash Flow Determinants of Company Failure in the Construction Industry.
(2014)
Construction is a risky business with only 47% of startup businesses in construction operating after four years. The indirect costs of failed companies far exceed the direct costs of their failure.
Cash is often seen as ...
Essays on Energy Assets Management: Operations, Valuation, and Financing.
(2012)
Management of energy assets is a critical part of many business processes and has received significant attentions in the operations management area recently. This thesis includes three essays on the operations, valuation ...
Retail Pricing of Substitutable Products under Logit Demand.
(2010)
This dissertation discusses substitution effects on retail pricing problems. In the presence of substitutable products, the inventory levels and prices of different products interact in complicated ways and, therefore, ...
Models and Algorithms for Stochastic Network Design and Flow Problems: Applications in Truckload Procurement Auctions and Renewable Energy.
(2010)
This dissertation presents novel mathematical models and algorithms for stochastic network design and flow (SNDF) problems: the optimal design and flow of a network under uncertainty to meet specific requirements while ...
Optimal Production Control under Uncertainty with Revenue Management Considerations.
(2010)
This dissertation consists of three essays on supply chain and revenue management. Its main focus is the integration of dynamic production and demand management decisions for multiple products facing uncertain demand. ...
Quantifying the Impact of Environmental Policy on Engineering Design Decisions.
(2011)
In order to realize environmental goals, policymakers are increasingly creating measures to encourage the redesign of products to improve environmental performance. Developing an approach to evaluate the influence of these ...
Three Essays on Resource Allocation: Load Balancing on Highly Variable Service Time Networks, Managing Default Risk via Subsidies and Supplier Diversification, and Optimal Hotel Room Assignment.
(2010)
The first essay considers a service center with two stations in accordance with independent Poisson processes. Service times at either station follow the same general distribution, are independent of each other and are ...
The Effect of Trade Credit on Operational Policies and on the Relationship Between Banks, Suppliers, and Manufacturers.
(2010)
Companies in a broad range of industries and economies rely heavily on external sources to finance their operations. But, external financing could be expensive and/or difficult to obtain due to imperfections in real capital ...