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  • Group scheduling in electronics manufacturing with integration of internal and external setup times

    Creator:
    Yazdani Sabouni, Mohammad Taghi
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    This research considers a combinatorial optimization scheduling problem in the assembly of printed circuit boards (PCBs) in electronic manufacturing. For the first time in this research, the preparation process, which is typically called kitting operation, is paid attention to and is performed along with the assembly operation, described in this...
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    in part by the National Science Foundation (USA) Grant no. CMMI-1029471. Their support is

  • Multi-Objective Optimization in Multiagent Systems

    Creator:
    Yliniemi, Logan Michael
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    Cooperative multiagent systems are used as solution concepts in many application domains including air traffic control, satellite communications, and extra planetary exploration. As systems become more distributed and complex, we observe three phenomena. First, these systems cannot be accurately modeled, rendering traditional model based control methods inadequate. Second, system parameters...
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    available in NSGA-II. Point X can move anywhere in Region 2, and will receive no change in evaluation. It

  • Investigation of In-tube Non-equilibrium Condensation of Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants

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    Jacob, Tabeel A.
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    This work investigates the in-tube condensation of low global warming potential (GWP) zeotropic refrigerant mixtures R448A, R450A, R452A, R454B and R454C. These refrigerants have been proposed for a wide range of commercial heating, ventilation, air-conditioning applications, but their heat and momentum transport phenomenon were not well understood. Thus, in this...
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    vapor phase can no longer be considered negligible and the liquid/vapor interface temperature may

  • Incidental Sensor Networks for Human Mobility Detection

    Creator:
    Hoover, Sylvan
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    Transportation systems need to get better by moving ever more people while consuming ever fewer resources. To build better transportation systems, planners need an accurate understanding of how people exercise mobility and tools to apply that understanding to the transportation system. Such an understanding can come through the development of...
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    the transportation system in the 3 2019 Urban Mobility Report 6 Small = less than 500,000

  • Reliable Integrated Planning: Applications in Hub Network Design and Airline Ground Crew Task Assignment

    Creator:
    Barahimi, Pouya
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    In general, making optimal decisions is a never ending challenge that decision makers face. A comprehensive model that integrates decisions at all three levels of decision making (i.e., strategic, tactical, and operational) can help the decision maker to find solutions that best serve the organization's performance. However, as organizations expand...
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    impossible, leaving the decision maker with no choice but to make a suboptimal decision. This undermines

  • A Text-based Simulation Framework for the Automated Simulation and Analysis of Manufacturing Assembly Systems

    Creator:
    Fields, Benjamin G.
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    The rapid advancement of manufacturing has led to the creation of a myriad of technologies that facilitate the analysis and simulation of manufacturing processes. These technologies have become a pivotal component in maintaining and improving processes in today’s complex manufacturing environments. Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is one such technology that...
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    and the incredible journey I have taken along the way. It is no short feat that certainty would not

  • Fracture toughness of void-site-filled skutterudites

    Creator:
    Eilertsen, James S.
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    Thermoelectric materials are playing an increasingly significant role in the global effort to develop sustainable energy technologies. Consequently, the demand for materials with greater thermoelectric efficiency has stimulated the development of state-of-the-art interstitially doped skutterudite-based materials. However, since intermetallics are often embrittled by interstitial substitution, optimal skutterudite-based device design, manufacture,...
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    0.8887 was found, and as P > 0.05, there is no statistical difference in KIC between the Co4Sb12 and

  • Enabling Feasibility Assessment of Solar Thermal Energy Systems for Industrial Process Heating Applications

    Creator:
    Karki, Saroj
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    Existing studies on industrial heat demand have shown that more than 50% of the industrial process heat demand is in the range of low (<60 °C), medium (60-150 °C), and medium-high (<250 °C) temperatures. Most of the manufacturing industries across the world depend on combustion of carbon-based fossil fuels, either...
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