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computers & industrial engineering Contents Vol. 25, Nos 1-4, 1993 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION Yozo Nakahara and 1 A method for solving linear programming problems Mitsuo Gen with triangular fuzzy coefficients using new ranking index Dong Shang Chang and Confidence bounds of the Weibull failure rate Raykin R. Tan Masato Sasaki and An extension of interactive method for solving Mitsuo Gen multiple objective linear programming with fuzzy parameters Steven H.-Y. Lai Fuzzy logic controller design for spacecraft proximity operations Hyunchul Kim, Kenichi Ida A de novo approach for bicriteria 0-1 linear program- and Mitsuo Gen ming with interval coefficients under GUB structure Laurence J. Moore, Multicriteria models for analysis of the environmental Jack C. Davis, restoration and waste management program Aubrey E. Harvey, John J. Imholz, Robert J. Mclilwain and Bernard W. Taylor lil Swaminathan Simulation analysis with group screening Murugabaskar and Wilfred V. Huang Rasaratnam Logendran and Effect of machining time in the duplication process of Parthasarathi Ramakrishna machine cells formation Fernando Mata Common random numbers and multinomial selection TQM Sitki Gozlu Quality circle activities in the Turkish establishments Mohammed Nadeem and Knowledge-based approach to quality control assur- Tomas Velasco ance using bar code identification systems TRAINING AND EDUCATION Jocelyn Drolet and 45 Computers and industrial engineering courses: a win- Ram Lakshmanan ning combination Contents Chuen-lung Chen and Development of a strategic research plan for an aca- Stanley F. Bullington demic department through the use of quality function deployment Azim Houshyar and Required steps for successful design and implemen- Victor Nuila tation of simulation C. Ray Asfahl, An interactive computer training program for industry Sandy Swayze, Joanne Lee and Robert Safford Bala Ram, Eui Park and An _ interdisciplinary laboratory for manufacturing Silvanus Udoka education PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Taqi N. Al-Faraj, 65 Vendors selection via a spreadsheet analytical hier- Abdulaziz S. Alidi and archy process Jamal A. Al-Zayer Yasser Hosni and Justification of new technologies through the use of Labiche Ferreira “cause and effect’ analysis: case of tile replacement at Kennedy Space Center Chao-Yen Wu and Forecasting methods for industry and business Tonggian Jin Farhad Tadayon and Principal component analysis: a tool for assembly Ming C. Liu management Phuong Loan Nguyen and Production management of a steel manufacturing Lionel Dupont system: a hierarchical planning model Chao-Yen Wu Reliability analysis for a single-area generation system Surendra M. Gupta and The performance of materials management in multi- Louis Brennan level product structures with demand uncertainty and back-ordering EXPERT SYSTEMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Kent E. Williams and 93 An electronic performance support system for organ- Timothy G. Kotnour izational learning Mahendra Kadidal and A castability expert system Bopaya Bidanda Kevin J. Leonard Detecting Credit Card Fraud Using Expert Systems Lee C. Daugherty, Strategic justification of advanced automated tech- Hamid R. Parsaei and nology systems using an expert system Sai S. Kolli Contents Y. Y. Su, K. Srihari and A knowledge update mechanism for an adhesive Jim Adriance advisor Pamela McCauley Bell and 115 Concept mapping as a knowledge acquisition tool in Adedeji B. Badiru the development of a fuzzy rule-based expert system Steven Hill Rogers and 119 A fuzzy set theoretic framework for knowledge-based Adedeji B. Badiru simulation Y. Y. Su and K. Srihari 123 A knowledge based aircraft-gate assignment advisor Eyler Coates and 127 Automatic reintegration of previously machined ma- T. Warren Liao terials David A. Ress and 131 Development of an expert system for scheduling work Kenneth R. Currie content in a job shop environment Steven H.-Y. Lai 135 Engine system diagnosis using vibration data NETWORKING COMMUNICATION Silvanus J. Udoka 139 Electronic data interchange (EDI) electronic graphics interchange (EGI) and bar codes: fundamental components of your world-class manufacturing enterprise Jung Bok Jo, A delay model of queueing network system based on Yasuhiro Tsujimura, fuzzy sets theory Mitsuo Gen and Genji Yamazaki Shinkoh Okada and Order relation between intervals and its application to Mitsuo Gen shortest path problem Sam Hsu and A simulation study of bursty data traffic with hybrid Mohammad Ilyas source smoothing in an ATM node Kurapati Venkatesh and Modeling, controlling, and simulation of local area Mohammad Ilyas networks for flexible manufacturing systems using Petri nets Godfrey !. Archibong and An efficient technique for integrating voice and data Mohammad Ilyas in wireless communication with a cellular structured environment SIMULATION Kenneth R. Morrison, 163 Forecasting the consumption of gasoline in the U.S. David W. Poock and Charles W. White Susan M. West, 167 A proposed testbed for evaluating adaptive routing William W. Swart and algorithms Muzaffar A. Shaikh Celestine A. Ntuen 171 A new approach to modeling human response errors in synthetic flight simulation domain Contents Samir M. Benmakhlouf and Smart lifts: control design and performance evaluation Suresh K. Khator Aubrey E. Harvey and A metric for consensus—design and calibration Michael C. Kleder Amy Henninger Reducing weapons systems’ life cycle costs with simulation modeling Thomas M. West, Evaluation of alternative materials handling systems Angela N. Amundson and Sabah U. Randhawa Emine Persentili and Integration of simulation modeling and computer Sema Alptekin aided production management in computer integrated enterprise Tarun Gupta and 195 A simulation study comparing GT vs. job shop manu- Somchin Leelaket facturing systems COMPUTER AID PROCESS PLANNING Hoo-Gon Choi and 199 Performance comparison of two-dimensional cluster- Chang Hyo Moon ing algorithms in group technology T. W. Liao, E. R. Coates, 203 Modification of CAPP systems for CAPP/scheduling F. Aghazadeh, L. Mann integration and N. Guha Sunil Dhage and Computer-aided tool selection for turning and boring John M. Usher Robert L. Williams and 211 Determination of minimum three-dimensional cut- Yen-Gi Lee ting-tool paths in the presence of barriers SCHEDULING AND SEQUENCING Richard A. Thelen and 215 Customized job shop scheduling application develop- Kenneth R. Morrison ment Venkateswara S. Vempati, 219 An effective heuristic for flow shop problems with Chuen-Lung Chen and total flow time as criterion Stanley F. Bullington Wade C. Driscoll 223 A microcomputer-based scheduling assist system Young-Hoon Lee and 227 Neural network applications for scheduling jobs on Sooyoung Kim parallel machines Stephane Dauzere-Peres 231 An iterative procedure for lot streaming in job-shop and Jean-Bernard Lasserre scheduling Stephane Dauzere-Peres 235 The one-machine sequencing problem with depen- dent jobs Contents Yasuhiro Tsujimura, An effective method for solving flow shop scheduling Seung Hun Park, problems with fuzzy processing times In Seong Chang and Mitsuo Gen Girsel A. Sier, Minimizing the number of tardy jobs in identical Eduardo Baez and machine scheduling Zbigniew Czajkiewicz Girsel A. Suer and Cell loading in cellular manufacturing systems Miguel Saiz Gursel A. Siier and Scheduling in an MRP environment Rafael A. Lizardi Narasimha R. Mannur and Heuristic algorithms for solving earliness—tardiness Jyothi Babu Addagatla scheduling problem with machine vacations Ming Liang Part selection, machine loading, and machining speed selection in flexible manufacturing systems Juichin Jiang and The influence of alternate process planning in job Ming-ying Chen shop scheduling Cihan Dagli and Genetic neuro-scheduler for job shop scheduling Sinchai Sittisathanchai WORLD OF I.E. Mordecai Avriel and 271 Exact and approximate solutions of the container ship Michal Penn stowage problem John H. Manley 275 Information process flow analysis (IPFA) for re- engineering manufacturing systems Tanvir Arfi and 279 Development of logical deductive fault diagnostic Hamid M. Lankarani technique for real time application Chandra Kompalli and 283 Automated path planning for face milling of N-sided Hamid M. Lankarani convex polygonal surfaces using staircasing strategy Marco Gagliardi and 287 A model to manage a large number of transactions: a Cosima Spera case study Ahmed A. Moreb and 291 Dynamic data systems models for predicting the load Abdullah Omer Bafail demand Abdullah Omer Bafail and 295 Optimal allocation of students to different depart- Ahmed A. Moreb ments in an engineering college Nael A. Aly and 299 TQM implementation in hospitals Rhonda Mack Andrew E. Jackson, Critically indexing for job/task improvement at the Robert R. Safford and Kennedy Space Center William W. Swart Contents DATABASE DEVELOPMENT Cynthia M. Walton 307 Time standard and reject data collection system Farah D. Shooshtarian, 309 Design and implementation of a relational data base Dar-Jen Chang, for automated process planning Jian (John) Dong and Hamid R. Parsaei Bert Naquin and Dia Ali 313 Active database and its utilization in the object oriented environment Vidya Sagar Ranganathan 317 Distributed object management, integrating dis- and Dia Ali tributed information in heterogeneous environment CONCURRENT ENGINEERING Ganesh M. Krishnaswamy 321 Intelligent concurrent engineering environment and Ahmad K. Elshennawy Jian (John) Dong, 325 Manufacturing features extraction and recognition Hamid R. Parsaei and Tim Gornet Thomas M. West and Multicriteria evaluation of the design/build process Sabah U. Randhawa Thomas A. Shipley and Systematic approach in new product development Robert L. Armacost R. Bruce Taylor and A methodology for the evaluation of integrated manu- Thomas M. West facturing systems DECISION SUPPORT Antti J. Kanto and 341 Network-level pavement management system in Fin- Vesa Mannisto land—an optimization tool for improved roadkeeping Celestine A. Ntuen, 345 A heuristic program for reliability and maintainability Eui H. Park and allocation in complex hierarchical systems William Byrd John H. Ristroph, Pollution prevention decision support system Ranganathan Muralidharan, Naresh Miglani, Kym B. Arcuri and Maurice Knight Hannu Kivijarvi and A decision support system for evaluating intangible Markku Tuominen investments Hamid R. Parsaei, Application of outranking methods to economic and Mickey R. Wilhelm and financial justification of CIM systems Sai S. Kolli Contents Tanvir Arfi and Development of decision support knowledge based Behnam Bahr system for tool wear diagnosis George K. Hoepfner and A multi-criteria decision analysis methodology for Fernando Mata selection of a preferred residence based on physical attributes S. S. Kolli, P. S.D amodaran 369 Geographic information system based decision sup- and G. W. Evans port systems for facility location, routing and scheduling NEURAL NETWORK Celestine A. Ntuen, 373 The development of flight simulation database using E. H. Park, J. M. Deeb, handling quality studies W. Winchester and E. Mansfield Godwin Udo Neural network performance on the bankruptcy classification problem David B. Sieger and An artificial neural network case study—prediction Adedeji B. Badiru versus Classification in a manufacturing application Serge Toure, Luis Rabelo Artificial neural networks for flexible manufacturing and Tomas Velasco systems scheduling Jun Wang A neural network approach to multiple-objective cut- ting parameter optimization based on fuzzy preference information Wonjang Baek Pattern classification via linear programming Tomas Velasco and Back propagation artificial neural networks for the Mark R. Rowe analysis of quality control charts Kamal S. Ali 401 Self learning for autonomous systems HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS Jeffrey C. Woldstad and 405 A computer-based method for recording three-dimen- Gregory B. Stewart sional body postures Bob White and Ergonomic analysis of lifting tasks using computerized Robert Wygant cinematography H. Greig Lindner, An examination of the human factors support of Faith T. Chandler and NASA's safety directorate on the space station pro- Dennis W. Pate cessing facility (SSPF), Kennedy Space Center, Florida Saeid Motavalli and Measurement of seating comfort Faiz Ahmad Contents Robert M. Wygant, Combining ergonomics and work measurement for Bob E. White and job analysis Doug Hunt Yasuhiko Saito, Effects of favorite and unfavorable odor stimulus on Takuji Yamamoto, ERP components Saho Ayabe-Kanamura and Toshinori Kobayashi Toshinori Kobayashi, Effects of daytime activities on sleep qualities Yoshinobu Iguchi, Yasuhiko Saito, Sunao Uchida and Takuji Yamamoto QUALITY AND RELIABILITY Chang Eun Kim, Young In 435 Replacement policy for a partially observable Markov and Mitsuo Gen decision process model using fuzzy data Robert M. Remski and Analytic and empirical assessment models of on-line Shimon Y. Nof inspection technologies Ming C. Liu and Lori Aldag Computerized continuous sampling plans with finite production Noel Artiles-Leén and Optimization of average-run-length properties of Roberto Pérez-Matos control charts using recurrent events Nasser S. Fard and Analysis of two stage sampling plan with imperfect Jason J. Kim inspection Peng-Fei Wang and Finding the most vital edge with respect to K-terminal Lih-Hsing Hsu reliability in series—parallel networks George Abdul-Nour On some factors affecting the just-in-time production system output variability: a simulation study using Taguchi techniques Luis A. Quiroga and 465 Application of reliability concepts in automatic identi- Tomas Velasco fication Klaus Fischer 469 Performance-reliability-models and quality management COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING Hamid Seifoddini and 473 Adynamic part assignment procedure in machine cell Manoocher Djassemi formation R. Meenakshi Sundaram and 477 Cellular manufacturing system design with alternative Kiran Doshi routing consideration Contents L. J. George, John W. Priest Proprinter design for manufacturability and G. T. Stevens Ali K. Kamrani, A survey of design methods for manufacturing cells Hamid R. Parsaei and Mahfooz A. Chaudhry Karl-Werner Hansmann Integrated order release and scheduling for embedded flexible manufacturing systems Munish Agarwal and An automated coding and classification system with Ali K. Kamrani supporting database for effective design of integrated manufacturing systems Ali K. Kamrani and Performance analysis of the cellular manufacturing Hamid Parsaei systems: a decision support tool Pranab Nayyar and Operational control of multi-load vehicles in an auto- Suresh K. Khator mated guided vehicle system Arun S. Kashyap and Control rules for tool sharing in flexible manufacturing Suresh K. Khator systems Kevin Hooks, Luis Rabelo Enhancing computer aided inspection through the and Tomas Velasco integration of quality control and computer aided design Chell Roberts and 515 A specification technique for generating and simulat- Terrence G. Beaumariage ing supervisory control Ike C. Ehie and 519 Reliability of information flow in a CIM system Godwin J. Udo R. Bruce Taylor 523 Development of a robust CIM laboratory environment using multi-criteria goal setting and evaluation INFORMATION SYSTEMS Jim |. Jones and 527 Work flow and electronic document management Kenneth R. Morrison Jinoos Hosseini 533 Revisiting and expanding Taylorism business process redesign and information technology Robert M. Cowdrick 537 Logistic planning and control systems (LPCS)—fun- damentals and future directions Ronald R. Mourant and Simulation concepts for information system Sibel Tari P. S. Damodaran, S. S. Kolli The investigation of new approaches to business data and S. M. Alexander analysis Vincent Bemmel and A novel congestion control strategy in ATM networks Mohammad Ilyas Contents Kwok K. Choi and 553 Relationship between eraser node and traffic intensity Mohammad Ilyas in counter rotating slotted ring OBJECT-ORIENTED DSS John M. Usher 557 An object-oriented approach to product modeling for manufacturing systems Joseph A. Fisher 561 Object oriented random number generators Sabah U. Randhawa, 565 An object-oriented modeling framework for sawmill Charles C. Brunner, simulation James W. Funck and Guangchao Zhang Tarun Gupta and Rizvan Erol 569 An integrated simulation model development environment for SLAM II Using Object-Oriented Paradigm Joakim Waxlax 573 An object-oriented DSS for strategic management KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING Marie E. Gomes and 577 Integrating user needs by computer-supported in- Daniel E. Snyder terpretation of concept maps Ali K. Kamrani and 581 Manufacturing enterprise integration using hierarchial Kamran K. Kamrani control and distributed database Steven H.-Y. Lai KBDA—a knowledge based design system for assembly pergamon press CINDDL 25 (1-4) 1-588 (1993) oxford - new york sient k cia ISSN 0360-8352