Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Industrial and Systems Engineering"
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A Computational System to Solve the Warehouse Aisle Design Problem
(2017-05-17)
Order picking is the most costly operation in a warehouse. However, current warehouse design practices have been using the same design principles for more than sixty years: straight rows with parallel pick aisles and ...
Container Handling and Layout Optimization in Empty Container Depots
(2020-11-13)
In this dissertation, we explore shipping container depot layout with particular emphasis on empty container depots with material handling provided by top-lifters. Top lifters are the most common handling equipment used ...
Cournot Competition under Uncertainty in Power Markets
(2009-12-17)
As deregulation of the electric industry has come into effect in many parts of the world, the price of electricity is no longer determined by regulatory agencies. In contrast, price is determined by market demand, supply ...
Creating a Mission Architecture Step to Inform the System Engineering Process
(2016-11-02)
The purpose of this research is to develop a structured engineering mechanism that allows decision makers to have confidence in data at any given point of design and development for complex defense systems. The research ...
Cyberintrusion Detection in Critical Infrastructure
(2015-11-17)
Sophisticated cyberterrorists have su cient knowledge to devise an attack through the
Internet which could compromise critical resource delivery. As the threat of such cybercrime
escalates, defending critical infrastructure ...
Data Analytics Methods for Supply Chain Risk Management with Applications in Transportation and Manufacturing Safety
(2021-12-06)
Supply chain management aims to understand and explain how organizations should collaborate within a chain to improve the overall competitiveness of the chain and smooth the flow of the money, material, and information ...
Data and Information Flow Improvements in Manufacturing Systems
(2022-11-27)
The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, is making its mark with a wave of efforts to digitize and digitalize data and information in manufacturing systems. Global efforts are being made to accelerate the adoption ...
A Data Driven Framework to Identify the Critical Variables, Visualize Their Conditional Relations and Predict the Outcomes of U.S. Heart Transplants
(2016-08-03)
Predicting the survival of heart transplant patients is an important, yet challenging problem since it plays a crucial role in understanding the matching procedure between a donor and a recipient. Recent studies have shown ...
A Data Driven Framework to Predict the Fatigue among Manufacturing Workers Using Wearable Sensors
(2018-07-25)
Worker fatigue has been known as a significant phenomenon in the manufacturing occupations. In these occupations, physical fatigue is a challenging ergonomic/safety issue as it lowers productivity and boosts the incidence ...
A Data Element Mapping and Analysis (DEMA) Approach for Implementing a Complete Digital Thread
(2023-08-04)
In the age of digitalization and the fourth industrial revolution, the concept of the Digital
Thread and the Model-Based Enterprise has captured both the attention and resources of countless establishments. However, despite ...
Data Mining Medication Administration Incident Data to Identify Opportunities for Improving Patient Safety
(2009-12-15)
This research analyzed historical data related to medication administration errors at a 340 bed regional medical center. The objective was to determine if data mining techniques could identify relationships within the ...
Decision Making Models for Power Systems Operations Under Uncertainty
(2023-08-02)
As the power grids worldwide transition from fossil fuel-based power plants to an era dominated by renewable energy sources (RESs), new operational challenges and uncertainties emerge, particularly for Independent System ...
Decision Models for a Two-Stage Supply Chain Planning under Uncertainty with Time-sensitive Shortages and Real Option Approach
(2010-03-23)
The primary objective of this research is to develop analytical models for typical supply
chain situations to help inventory decision-makers. We also derive closed form solutions
for each model and reveal several ...
A decision support system for biorefinery location and logistics
(2009-05-01)
The use of forest biomass, a renewable resource, as a source of fuels or chemicals is hindered by logistics. Economic success of the bioenergy concepts and their products may also depend on the solution to the logistics ...
Design and Manufacture of Surface Topography with Additive Manufacturing: Properties and Applications
(2018-05-31)
The first study investigates the impact of surface texture parameters of natural surface specimens on the attachment of algae communities. The primary objective of this effort is to show feasibility in the approach of ...
Design Improvements for School Bus Emergency Evacuation Systems
(2019-04-18)
DISSERTATION ABSTRACT
The aim of this research was to: (1) Evaluate a rear emergency door intervention designed to improved passenger flow rate during evacuation. Two school bus mock up test fixtures were fabricated ...
Design of Resilient Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
(2013-07-19)
With the growing use of new telecommunications technologies such as 4G and wireless hotspots, heterogeneous wireless networks (HetNets) are gaining more attention. The source of heterogeneity of a HetNet can either be the ...
Design Optimization of Lightweight Structures for Additive Manufacturing
(2022-07-26)
Lightweight structures have many applications in different engineering areas, such as automotive, aerospace, or medical industries, among many others. Optimal design of lightweight structures deals with finding the most ...
Designing Optimal Layouts for Block Stacking Warehouses
(2017-05-16)
Storing pallets of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) on top of one another on a warehouse floor is known as block stacking. Although this storage system can be inexpensively implemented in any open area, it is challenging in terms ...
Detection and Intrusion of Attacks in Cyber-physical Security for Additive Manufacturing
(2023-08-03)
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have become increasingly prevalent in industrial production as they integrate sensing, computation, control, and networking into physical objects and infrastructure. One of the branches of CPS, ...