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An investigation of the maximum experimental safe gap anomaly
(Elsevier, 1979)
The "safe gap" is defined as the maximum gap between two close-fitting, flat, machined metal surfaces that will just prevent an explosion within a vessel from producing a propagating combustion wave in the gases that ...
Information Systems Knowledge: Foundations, Definitions, and Applications
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-06)
A key component of research within information systems is the use of valid instruments to measure numerous aspects of technology, organizations, and people. Validated instruments exist for many different variables and more ...
Integrated maintenance and production control of a deteriorating production system
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-05)
We consider a make-to-stock production/inventory system consisting of a single deteriorating machine which produces a single item. We formulate the integrated decisions of maintenance and production using a Markov Decision ...
Control of a manufacturing system with random product yield and downward substitutability
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-09)
We consider a manufacturing system where the quality of the end product is uncertain and is graded into one of several quality levels after production. We assume stochastic demand for each quality level, stochastic production ...
Heuristics for minimizing tool switches when scheduling part types on a flexible machine
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-08)
This article considers a tool loading problem whose objective is to minimize the number of tool switches over time in order to process several parts on a flexible machine. New heuristics are presented and compared. Some ...
Integrated design of run-to-run PID controller and SPC monitoring for process disturbance rejection
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-05)
An integrated design methodology has been developed for a run-to-run PID controller and SPC monitoring for the purpose of process disturbance rejection. In the paper, the process disturbance is assumed to be an ARMA (1,1) ...
The GLRT for statistical process control of autocorrelated processes
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-12)
This paper presents an on-line Statistical Process Control (SPC) technique, based on a Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT), for detecting and estimating mean shifts in autocorrelated processes that follow a normally ...
Software Process Models and Project Performance
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-10)
In this paper we review the progress in software process research and the role of process improvement in enhancing business outcomes of software projects. We first describe the process view of software development. Next, ...
Control of manufacturing networks which contain a batch processing machine
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-11)
We consider the control of a batch processing machine which is part of a larger manufacturing network of machines. Systems consisting of a batch processing machine and one or more unit-capacity machines in tandem are ...
Production planning for flexible flow systems with limited machine flexibility
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-07)
A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is highly capital-intensive and FMS users are concerned with achieving high system utilization. The production planning function for setting up an FMS prior to production should be ...