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  • The sinking fund problem : optimal timing of bond purchases

    Creator:
    McVicar, Robert William
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    A sinking fund payment must be made each year to retire a bond issue. Instead of paying cash, the corporation will typically surrender bonds that it has purchased on the open market. The sinking fund problem is to determine an optimal strategy in the form of a stopping rule to...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert W. McVicar, Jr. for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Productivity interfirm comparison : methodologies with a special application to the Northwest food processors

    Creator:
    Park, Tongkyu
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    Based on the premise that interfirm comparison can be an effective productivity improvement tool, productivity interfirm comparison (PIC) methods are examined in this research. The first part is an extensive literature review regarding the conventional interfirm comparison (IFC) scheme accepted widely in many countries outside the United States. Then, the...
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    Dissertation
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    , Production Systems--Planning, Analysis and Control, 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1980, p. 575. 2 David

  • An investigation of the influence of choice structure on decision making behavior

    Creator:
    Dervitsiotis, Kostas N.
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    The behavior of individuals in decision making under risk was investigated using choice structures of greater complexity than the types examined in previous studies. The experiment performed consisted of two phases. In Phase I a basic utility function for money was derived for each subject using lotteries with two equally...
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    Dissertation
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    to Dr. Robert L. Broussard for advice with the computational algorithm used and to Mr. Ronald Y

  • Prevailing opinions about productivity performance and improvement

    Creator:
    Anaya-Sánchez, Carlos G.
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    The intent of this study was to survey opinions of producine managers and industrial engineers concerning several aspects of productivity. The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire. The number of questionnaires administered was 540. Useful responses were 145 (27%). In addition to English, there were versions of the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Design, construction, and evaluation of a mechanical queueing simulator

    Creator:
    Moose, Victor Corson
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    A machine capable of demonstrating and solving queueing problems is useful to any systems engineer. This paper describes a successful queueing simulator constructed from readily available materials. The machine is easy to operate, portable, and simple enough to be built in any well equipped machine shop. The educational values of...
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    Masters Thesis

  • An evaluation of optimization techniques for production and employment scheduling

    Creator:
    Chiu, Wu-yan
    Abstract:
    A single item is to be produced over a given number of time periods to satisfy the future requirements which are subject to fluctuations. The production rate and work force level for each time period are to be decided in order to minimize the production cost where the costs for...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Systems tableau : an integrated approach to systems theory

    Creator:
    Inoue, Michael Shigeru
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    Systems Tableau is suggested as a convenient tool for the integration of the three phases of systems theory: the synthesis of a model from the analysis of a system; the evaluation of the model; and the decision-making process for the design and control of the resulting system. From a basic...
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    Dissertation

  • Critical path scheduling : tableau method

    Creator:
    Inoue, Michael Shigeru
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    The concept of a Critical Path Scheduling Tableau is introduced as an integrating tool for solving industrial engineering problems involving the application of transitive graphs. The Tableau is a combination of a precedence matrix and a boundary time table which may be used to construct graphical representations for critical path...
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    Masters Thesis
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    CPM and PERT as their rnost irnportant planning tech- niques (38), Dean Robert H. Roy of the school

  • A matrix game approach to linear programming

    Creator:
    Park, Tongkyu
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    It is the hope and expectation of many specialists in the area of linear programming that a major improvement in solution techniques for handling large-scale models with thousands of constraints will be developed in the near future. Although the present state of the art for solving linear programs is still...
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    Masters Thesis
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    indirect ways. Special thanks are given to Mr. Robert S. Holcomb, a friend of my father, who showed me

  • Industrial engineering in America as a guide for industrial engineering education in Kore

    Creator:
    Ro, In Kyu
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    The purpose of this study is to investigate the direction of future Korean industrial engineering education and to suggest how U.S. experiences can guide Korean developments. The leading indicator concept, correlation coefficients are utilized. The following statistical relationships were developed and the following educational and practical industrial engineering trends in...
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    Masters Thesis