RSS 1.0Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering electronic theses and dissertations (MU)
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An investigation into the factors affecting industrial implementation of combined heat and power (CHP)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation investigates the factors affecting adoption rate of combined heat and power (CHP). CHP, also known as cogeneration, is an efficient approach to producing electricity and thermal energy simultaneously from ... -
Minimizing health care spending by optimizing care management activities : a mixed-integer programming approach to managing population health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The United States has a health care spending problem. Accounting for over 17% of our Gross Domestic Product, almost 50% more than the next high-income country, America is spending much more than what is needed. Most of ... -
Repair prioritization with respect to inventory requirements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)In a multi-echelon service parts supply chain with limited repair resources, real-time repair decisions have significant impacts on supply chain performance. Inducting into repair the appropriate breadth and depth of ... -
An itegrated model of c2c e-commerce usage focusing on personality, usability, risk, social influence, and institutional feature dimensions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In recent times, the transactional scale of the consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce has grown rapidly and C2C e-commerce has become more popular. In C2C e-commerce, customers are likely to face more risk buying fake and ... -
Design and testing of a prototype solar sanitizer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)According to the World Health Organization (WHO), many people die of preventable diseases like diarrhea, cholera, pneumonia, and hepatitis A each year. A lack of appropriate water treatment infrastructure, improper waste ... -
Optimizing medical performance utilizing electrodermal activity stress levels
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This thesis explores using Electrodermal Activity (EDA) as an indicator of potential performance levels. Research indicates changes in EDA levels link with levels of arousal during a stimulating experience. Arousal and ... -
After sales services for repairable parts with service level agreements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In this study, inventory systems for repairable-parts with service level consideration are studied. The first study develops a multi-parts inventory system and transportation decisions. A failed part might be repairable ... -
A performance-based eye-tracking analysis of user behavior in a dynamic monitoring task
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Text mining with neural network and Mapreduce
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A robust optimization approach to solid waste collection planning : location-allocation, and service frequency
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Mechanical properties of rapid manufacturing and plastic injection molding
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Improving road striping operations through system optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) performs many maintenance operations including road line striping operations. Pavement striping needs to be reapplied on a regular basis. Each year, MoDOT has to stripe ... -
A Time Buffered Arc Routing Problem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Arc routing problems are prevalent in our world today. They are important to society and businesses on a daily basis. The purpose of this work is to consider a problem that has not been addressed in the literature. That ... -
Profit Maximization of a Kanban-based Supply Chain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In this paper, we propose a stochastic method to model a multi-stage Kanban-based supply chain, constructed strictly under the JIT philosophy.This model decides the optimum number of Kanban with a trade-off between inventory ... -
Measuring nurses' response to configurations of work system parameters a data mining approach
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A Bayesian approach to demand forecasting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Demand forecasting is a fundamental aspect of inventory management. Forecasts are crucial in determining inventory stock levels, and accurately estimating future demand for spare part's has been an ongoing challenge, ... -
Winter road maintenance resource allocation models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Winter snow storms could cause serious disruptions to traffic and transportation. Because resources for winter road maintenance, such as snow removal trucks, are limited, using them properly would improve the efficiency ... -
Optimal routing in a high threat environment :|models and algorithms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)In this thesis, we develop routing models and algorithms in a high threat environment. Although routing problems have been studied extensively in many other contexts, they are usually designed for only one objective: ... -
Models and algorithms for complex system optimization problems :|applications to hospital layout and LED traffic signal maintenance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Due to rising healthcare costs, it is increasingly important to design health care buildings to be efficient and effective. One aspect of a healthcare facility's design is the size and layout of the building and departments. ... -
Sensor coverage and actors relocation in wireless sensor and actor networks (WSAN) :|optimization models and approximation algorithms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Wireless Sensors and Actor Networks (WSAN) have a wide variety of applications such as military surveillance, object tracking and habitat monitoring. Sensors are data gathering devices. Selecting the minimum number of ...