Unit cell or pin cell calculations form the basis for
most nuclear core modeling. Because of this, it is of primary
importance to perform these unit cell calculations
accurately.
The subject of this thesis is the analysis of one of
the major approximations made in unit cell modeling, the
infinite...
Pattern recognition techniques and their application to a
consumer behavior study are presented. The Local Majority Method
(LOMAME) utilizes a set of prototypes and corrective factors which
undergo a training cycle before being utilized as pattern classifiers.
Its advantages over the Minimum-Distance Method and the Fix
and Hodges Method are...
A simulation method using a hybrid computer is developed in
this dissertation to enhance the study of wind-driven ocean circulation.
The simulation is based on the mathematical model developed by
Ekman. Pure digital simulation is not economical due to excessive
computer time required for the solution of the partial differential...
An analytical tool to assist municipal planners in evaluating
alternative planning strategies is proposed. Schlager's Land Use
Plan Design Model provides the linear formulation of the problem,
Goal Programming is used to create alternatives, and Brown and Kirby's
Measures of Urban Performance serve to evaluate the alternatives.
Resource Planning and...
Mathematicians have been concerned with population growth
and movement since the days of Leonhard Euler and Thomas Malthus.
Chapter i of this paper sketches the history of the development of the
modern population theory.
In Chapter II, a partial differential equation is derived which
governs the growth and movement of...
The viability of incorporating optimization within budgeting
methodologies is examined.
Resource Planning and Management System and optimization are
proposed as tools to enhance the planning and control functions of the
budgeting process. Three hypotheses are proposed: (1) Integer
Programming, Integer Goal Programming and Dynamic Programming
can be substituted in place...
In this paper, we discuss extensions of two coordinated ordering
methods which reduce inventory costs for multi-item systems.
Goyal's method, which is useful for constant demand, decreases cost
by assigning an order interval for each item, and an optimum number
of purchase orders per period. Goyal's method is modified to...
The economic aspects of quality control have received wide concern since its developmental stages, however, they have not been sufficiently explored. Moreover, as the need for complex products of high precision and reliability increases, most industrial firms have experienced some difficulties in meeting that need at reasonable costs with their...
The exact frequencies and mode shapes of flexural vibration of a
rotating beam are found. The beam has a linear mass and stiffness
distribution.
With certain simplifying assumptions, the kinetic and potential
energies of the rotating beam are found. Hamilton's principle is then
used to determine the equation governing the...