Masters' Thesis / PhD Dissertations

 

Technical Report and Working Paper Series

 

Classifications:

 

T – technical report containing original results of a novel nature, suitable for publication in a major journal

R – project completion report containing results from a sponsored research project

W – working paper, containing important and significant findings, possibly incomplete but accurate and sound

(Please check back in the near future, when we plan to add accessible pdf files for the full text of each of these reports).

Report No.

Author(s)

Title

05T-009

Andrew M. Ross

Ying Rong

Lawrence V. Snyder

Supply Disruptions with Time-Dependent Parameters

05T-008

Aurélie Thiele

Robust Stochastic Programming with Uncertain Probabilities

05T-007

Aurélie Thiele

Robust Linear Optimization with Recourse

05T-006

Aurélie Thiele

Multiperiod Pricing via Robust Optimization

05T-005

Lawrence V. Snyder

A Tight Approximation for a Continuous-Review Inventory Model with Supply Disruptions

05T-004

Lawrence V. Snyder

A Note on the Robust International Sourcing Algorithm of Gutiérrez and Kouvelis

05T-003

Joseph C. Hartman

Stephen L. Liedtka

Lawrence V. Snyder

The Impact of US Tax Depreciation Law on Asset Location and Ownership Decisions

05T-002

Michael B. Freimer

Douglas J. Thomas

Jeffrey T. Linderoth

Reducing Bias in Stochastic Linear Programs with Sampling Methods

05T-001

Wasu Glankwamdee

J. T. Linderoth

MW:  A Software Framework for Combinatorial Optimization on Computational Grids

04T-024

Joseph C. Hartman

Shangyuan Luo

Solving the Parallel Replacement Problem Under Economies of Scale and Non-Decreasing Demand with Branch-and-Cut

04T-023

J. T. Linderoth

T. K. Ralphs

Noncommercial Software for Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

04T-022

T. K. Ralphs

M. Guzelsoy

Duality, Warm Starting, and Sensitivity Analysis in Integer Line Programming

04T-021

Nicholas G. Odrey

Gonzalo Mejía

An Augmented Petri Net Approach for Error Recovery in Manufacturing Systems Control

04T-020

T. K. Ralphs

SYMPHONY 5.0 User’s Manual

04T-019

T. K. Ralphs

M. V. Galati

Decomposition in Integer Linear Programming

04T-018

Lawrence V. Snyder

Mark S. Daskin

A Random-Key Genetic Algorithm for the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem

04T-017

Lawrence V. Snyder

Mark S. Daskin

Chung-Piaw Teo

The Stochastic Location Model with Risk Pooling

04T-016

Lawrence V. Snyder

Mark S. Daskin

Reliability Models for Facility Location:  The Expected Failure Cost Case

04T-015

Lawrence V. Snyder

Facility Location Under Uncertainty:  A Review

04T-014

Lawrence V. Snyder

Mark S. Daskin

Stochastic p-Robust Location Problems

04T-013

Gonzalo Mejía

Nicholas G. Odrey

Real-Time Control and Error Recovery of Flexible Manufacturing Workstations:  An Approach Based on Petri Nets

04T-012

Nicholas G. Odrey

Gonzalo Mejía

Error Recovery for Real-Time Manufacturing Control Via Augmented Petri Nets

04T-011

T. K. Ralphs

Menal Guzelsoy

The SYMPHONY Callable Library for Mixed Integer Programming

04T-010

Y. Xu

T. K. Ralphs

L. Ladányi

M. J. Saltzman

ALPS:  A Framework for Implementing Parallel Search Algorithms

04T-009

Thomas C. Perry

Joseph C. Hartman

Allocating Manufacturing Capacity by Solving A Dynamic Stochastic Multi-Knapsack Problem

04T-008

Thomas C. Perry

Joseph C. Hartman

Flexible Implementation of Dynamic Programs Using Numerical Representations of State Space Vectors

04T-007

Gonzalo Mejía

Nicholas G. Odrey

Job Shop Scheduling in Manufacturing:  An Approach Using Petri Nets and Heuristic Search

04T-006

Jeffrey Linderoth

A Simplicial Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Solving Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programs

04T-005

Peter A. Huegler

Joseph C. Hartman

Fulfilling Customer Orders for Steel Plates from Existing Inventory

04T-004

Ted K. Ralphs

Matthew J. Saltzman

Margaret M. Wiecek

An Improved Algorithm for Biobjective Integer Programs and Its Application to Network Routing Problems

04T-003

Louis J. Plebani

Sihua Chen

Balancing U-Shaped Assembly Lines with Parallel Stations

04T-002

Joseph C. Hartman

Alison Murphy

Finite Horizon Equipment Replacement Analysis

04T-001

Selcuk Avci

Robert H. Storer

Compact Local Search Neighborhoods for Generalized Scheduling

03W-004

Andrew M. Ross

Useful Bounds on the Expected Maximum of Correlated Normal Variables

03T-010

Serkan Özkan

S. David Wu

Competitive Bidding Strategies in Repeated Procurement Auctions

03T-009

Murat Erkoc

S. David Wu

Delivery-Date Coordination in an Internal Market via Risk Sharing

03T-008

Louis Plebani

Sihua Chen

HUP:  Heuristic for U-Shaped Parallel Lines

03T-007

Sihua Chen

Louis Plebani

Balancing U-Shaped Assembly Lines

03T-006

T. K. Ralphs

L. Ladányi

SYMPHONY 4.0 User’s Manual

03T-005

T. K. Ralphs

M. V. Galati

Decomposition and Dynamic Cut Generation in Integer Programming

03T-003

Jennifer L. Rogers

Joseph C. Hartman

Equipment Replacement Under Continuous and Discontinuous Technological Change

03T-002

Alison Kulp

Joseph C. Hartman

Optimal Tax Depreciation and Loss Carry-Forward and Backward Options

03T-001

Shmuel Oren

Andrew M. Ross

Can We Prevent the Gaming of Ramp Constraints

02W-002

Gonzalo Mejia

Nicholas G. Odrey

A Multi-Level Multi-Layer Petri Net Approach to Modeling and Optimization of Production Systems

02W-001

Gonzalo Mejia

Nicholas G. Odrey

Modeling and Optimization of Production Systems With Timed Color Petri Nets and Heuristic Search

02T-005

Mingzhou Jin

S. David Wu

Procurement Auction with Supplier Coalitions:  Validity Requirements and Mechanism Design

02T-004

Murat Erkoc

S. David Wu

Managing High-Tech Capacity Expansion Via Reservation Contracts

02T-003

Peter A. Huegler

Joseph C. Hartman

Problem Reduction for One-Dimensional Cutting and Packing Problems

01W-009

T. K. Ralphs

J. C. Hartman

Capacitated Node Routing Problems (Preliminary Progress Report)

01T-011

T. K. Ralphs

L. Ladanyi

M. Esö

SYMPHONY 2.8 User’s Manual

01T-010

L. Ladanyi

T. K. Ralphs

M. Saltzman

A Library Hierarchy for Implementing Scalable Parallel Search Algorithms

01T-008

Mingzhou Jin

S. David Wu

Modeling Capacity Reservation in High-Tech Manufacturing

01T-007

Erhan Kutanoglu

S. David Wu

Collaborative Resource Planning with Distributed Agents

01T-006

Suleyman Karabuk

S. David Wu

Incentive Schemes For Semiconductor Capacity Allocation

01T-005

Peiling Wu

Joseph C. Hartman

George R. Wilson

An Integrated Model and Solution Approach for Fleet Sizing with Heterogeneous Assets

01T-004

S. David Wu

Mary J. Meixell

Demand Propagation in ERP Integrated Assembly Supply Chains

01T-003

Hakan Golbasi

S. David Wu

Lead-Time Coordination Between Marketing and Operations in an Internal Market

01T-002

Kadir Ertogral

S. David Wu

A Bargaining Game for Supply Chain Contracting

01T-001

Suleyman Karabuk

S. David Wu

Decentralizing Semiconductor Capacity Planning Via Internal Market Coordination

00T-013

Joseph C. Hartman

Hui Wang

QFD Driven Resource Allocation Models Using Generalized Network Flow Structures

00T-012

Kadir Ertogral

S. David Wu

A Bargaining Game for Supply Chain Contracting in Electronic Markets

00T-011

Erhan Kutanoglu

S. David Wu

An Incentive Compatible Mechanism for Distributed Resource Planning

00T-010

Robert H. Storer

Joseph C. Hartman

The Container Loading Problem with Tipping Considerations

00T-009

Suleyman Karabuk

S. David Wu

Decentralizing Semiconductor Capacity Planning Via Internal Market Coordination

00T-008

Peiling Wu

Joseph C. Hartman

George R. Wilson

A Demand-Shifting Feasibility Algorithm for Benders Decomposition

00T-007

Mingzhou Jin

S. David Wu

Contracting in Electronic Market-Driven Supply Chains:  Models and Analysis

00T-006

Mingzhou Jin

S. David Wu

Forming Supplier Coalitions in eCommerce Auctions:  Validity Requirements and a Profit Distribution Mechanism

00T-005

Peter A. Huegler

Joseph C. Hartman

Louis A. Martin-Vega

An Analysis of Cutting Stock Problems Generated by CUTGEN1

00T-004

Murat Erkoc

S. David Wu

Competitive Due-Date Setting Management Across Marketing and Manufacturing

00T-003

Selcuk Avci

M. Selim Akturk

Robert H. Storer

A Problem Space Algorithm for Single Machine Weighted Tardiness Problems

00T-002

Joseph C. Hartman

Raymond V. Hartman

After-Tax Economic Replacement Analysis

00T-001

Robert M. E. Christie

S. David Wu

Semiconductor Capacity Planning:  Stochastic Modeling and Computational Studies

99T-012

Suleyman Karabuk

S. David Wu

Strategic Capacity Planning in the Semiconductor Industry:  A Stochastic Programming Approach

99T-011

Joseph C. Hartman

Tongqiang Wu

Generalized Economic Life

99T-010

S. David Wu

Hakan Golbasi

Manufacturing Planning Over Alternative Facilities:  Modeling, Analysis and Algorithms

99T-009

Robert H. Storer

Extensions of and Uses for the Differencing Algorithm for Number Partitioning

99T-008

Joseph C. Hartman

Parallel Replacement Analysis Under Variable Asset Utilization and Stochastic Demand:  The Two Asset Case

99T-007

Jianbiao Pan

Gregory L. Tonkay

Robert H. Storer

Ronald M. Sallade

David J. Leandri

Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility Study for a 3-D Solder Paste Inspection System

99T-006

Jianbiao Pan

Gregory L. Tonkay

A Study of the Aperture Filling Process in Solder Paste Stencil Printing

99T-005

Jianbiao Pan

Gregory L. Tonkay

Robert H. Storer

Ronald M. Sallade

David J. Leandri

Critical Variables of Solder Paste Stencil Printing for Micro-BGA and Fine Pitch QFP

99T-004

Kedar S. Naphade

S. David Wu

Robert H. Storer

Graph-Theoretic Generation of Assembly Plans

Part II:  Problem Decomposition and Optimization Algorithms

99T-003

Kedar S. Naphade

Robert H. Storer

S. David Wu

Graph-Theoretic Generation of Assembly Plans

Part I:  Correct Generation of Precedence Graphs

99T-002

S. David Wu

Robin O. Roundy

Robert H. Storer

Louis A. Martin-Vega

Manufacturing Logistics Research:  Taxonomy and Directions

99T-001

Kadir Ertogral

S. David Wu

Auction-Theoretic Coordination of Production Planning in the Supply Chain

98W-009

Peiling Wu

Joseph C. Hartman

George R. Wilson

Asset Replacement and Fleet Sizing in the Truck Rental Industry

98W-008

Murat Erkoc

Nicholas G. Odrey

A Petri Net Model for Flexible and Dynamic Process Planning

98T-013

Mary J. Meixell

S. David Wu

Scenario Analysis of Demands in a Technology Market Using Leading Indicators

98T-012

Jianbiao Pan

Gregory L. Tonkay

Alejandro Quintero

Screen Printing Process Design of Experiments for Fine Line Printing of Thick Film Ceramic Substrates

98T-011

Gregory L. Tonkay

Jianbiao Pan

Kannachai Kanlayasiri

Substrate Cleanliness Study in the Screen Printing of Thick Film Ceramic Substrates

98T-010

Kadir Ertogral

S. David Wu

Laura I. Burke

Integrating Production and Transportation Logistics in a Supply Chain Environment:  A Lagrangean Decomposition Approach

98T-007

S. David Wu

Mary J. Meixell

Relating Demand Behavior and Production Policies in the Manufacturing Supply Chain

98T-006

Jonathan D. Green

Nicholas G. Odrey

Petri Net Models for Analysis and Control of Re-Entrant Flow Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication

98T-005

S. David Wu

Hakan Golbasi

A Path Constrained Approach to Dynamic Network Routing:  A Virtual Clustering and Flow Deviation Algorithm

98T-004

S. David Wu

Hakan Golbasi

A Multicommodity Flow Model for Manufacturing Planning Over Alternative Facilities

98T-003

Joseph C. Hartman

An Economic Replacement Model with Probabilistic Asset Utilization

98T-002

Kadir Ertogral

George R. Wilson

An Approach to Develop Base-Stock Inventory Control Policy in Serial Production Systems with Some Stochastic Features

98T-001

Erhan Kutanoglu

S. David Wu

Improving Scheduling Robustness via Stochastic Analysis and Dynamic Adaptation