Computers & Industrial Engineering 1997: Vol 32 Table of Contents

9 Pages·1997·1.8 MB·English

computers &
industrial engineering
An International Journal
Volume Contents and Author Index
Volume 32, 1997
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PERGAMON
computers &
industrial engineering
An International Journal
Editor
Hamed K. Eldin
Industrial Engineering Department
College of Engineering
University of lowa
lowa City, |A 52242-1527, U.S.A.
Editorial Advisory Board
M. M. Ayoub Yasser A. Hosni Eric M. Malstrom Allen Pugh
Texas Tech University University of Central Florida University of Arkansas Indiana University—Purdue
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Northern Illinois University Texas A & M University Purdue University Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Ben Wang
E. A. Elsayed Andrew Kusiak Hamid R. Parsaei FAMU/FSU College of
Rutgers University University of lowa University of Louisville Engineering
Mikell Groover Jay Lee Charles M. Parks Philip M. Wolfe
Lehigh University National Science Foundation Ohio University Arizona State University
International
Khaled S. Al-Sultan M. Sadek Eid Hark Hwang Beng S. Lim
King Fahd University of Université de Moncton, Canada Korea Advanced Institute of Gintic Institute of
Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran Science & Technology Manufacturing Technology,
Animesh Basu L. F. Gelders Takaya Ichimura Singapore
University of Wollongong, Katholicke Universiteit, Belgium Nihon University, Japan M. T. Tabucanon
Australia John J. Jarvis Asian Institute of Technology,
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Hans-Jorg Bullinger Pohang University of Science & Purdue University
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Germany Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mitsuru Kuroda Indian Institute of Management,
Allan S. Carrie P.R. China Aoyama Gakuin University, India
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University College Galway Woodrow W. Leake Xi'an Jiaotong University,
T. C. E. Cheng Ireland IIE, Atlanta P.R. China
Hong Kong Polytechnic
Myun W. Lee Weixuan Xu
G. Doumeingts Khalil S. Hindi Seoul National University, The Chinese Academy of
Universite Bordeaux 1, France Brunel University, Middlesex Korea Sciences, P.R. China
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List of Contents
NUMBER I
Ram Rachamadugu and Period batch control for group technology—an
Qiang Tu improved procedure
C. S. Sung and S. K. Lim A scheduling procedure for a general class of
resource-constrained projects
H. A. Eiselt, A computational investigation into shapes of
C.-L. Sandblom polyhedra
and C. Barnsley
Kai A. Olsen, Per Szetre A procedure-oriented generic bill of materials
and Anders Thorstenson
Zhao Xiaobo and Algorithms for sequencing mixed models on an
Katsuhisa Ohno assembly line in a JIT production system
Vedran Mornar A cutting stock procedure for printed circuit board
and Behrokh Khoshnevis production
Shouhong Wang Neural networks in generalizing expert knowledge
Azim Houshyar and Comparison of solution procedures to the facility
Bob White location problem
Jaejin Jang, Pyung-Hoi Koo Application of design and control tools in a multi-
and Shimon Y. Nof robot cell
R. C. Baker and A closer look at the use of data envelopment analysis
Srinivas Talluri for technology selection
iIkyeong Moon The distribution free job control problem
and Wonyoung Yun
K. K. Lai and Developing a simulated annealing algorithm for the
Jimmy W. M. Chan cutting stock problem
Amar Dev Amar Costs in design of scheduling algorithms: a study on
branch-and-bound methodology
Kun-Jen Chung Bounds for production lot sizing with machine
breakdowns
Roger J. Gagnon A strategic MIGP model for acquiring advanced
and Chwen Sheu technologies
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Nasser Aljaber, A tabu search approach to the cell formation problem
Wonjang Baek and
Chuen-Lung Chen
Mhand Hifi and Best-first search and dynamic programming methods
Rachid Quafi for cutting problems: the cases of one or more stock
plates
Youkyung Won Multiple criteria clustering algorithm for solving the
and Sehun Kim group technology problem with multiple process
routings
R. G. Kasilingam An economic model for air cargo overbooking under
stochastic capacity
Nudtapon Nudtasomboon Resource-constrained project scheduling’ with
and Sabah U. Randhawa renewable and non-renewable resources and time-
resource tradeoffs
Announcement
NUMBER 2
Semra Tunali Evaluation of alternative routing policies in schedul-
ing a job-shop type FMS
Yasser Dessouky and A review and classification of combined simulation
Chell A. Roberts
Sekar Vembu and Heuristics for operator allocation and sequencing in
G. Srinivasan product-line-cells with manually operated machines
Y.-F. Hung and Q.-Z. Wang A new formulation technique for alternative material
planning—an approach for semiconductor bin allo-
cation planning
W. M. Sing and K. P. Rao Knowledge-based process layout system for axisym-
metrical deep drawing using decision tables
Kyungchul Park, A heuristic for an assembly line balancing problem
Sungsoo Park and with incompatibility, range, and partial precedence
Wanhee Kim constraints
C. S. Sung and U. G. Joo Batching to minimize weighted mean flow time on a
single machine with batch size restrictions
Robert Cimikowski and Proximity-based adjacency determination for facility
Edward Mooney layout
Heungsoon Felix Lee and Sequencing methods for automated storage and
Samantha K. Schaefer retrieval systems with dedicated storage
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Rebecca W. Boren, Optimal number of choices per menu for naive users
William C. Moor and of a computer-answered telephone system
Mary R. Anderson-
Rowland
Denis Ridley Optimal weights for combining antithetic forecasts
Der-Baau Perng and A new feature-based design system with dynamic
Chao-Fan Chang editing
Dimitri Golenko-Ginzburg A generalized control model for man—machine
and Vladimir Kats production systems with disturbances
Muhammad H. Al-Haboubi A design to minimize congestion around the Ka’aba
and Shokri Z. Selim
Dijin Gong, Mitsuo Gen, Lagrangian ANN for convex programming with linear
Genji Yamazaki and constraints
Weixuan Xu
Yong Deok Noh Computational algorithm for an M-stage open tan-
dem queue with blocking and feedback operation
Kelwyn A. D’Souza and System reconfiguration to avoid deadlocks in auto-
Suresh K. Khator mated manufacturing systems
C. Alec Chang, Neural networks and Fourier descriptors for part
Chih-Chung Lo and positioning using bar code features in material
Kuang-Han Hsieh handling systems
P. Gu, S. Balasubramanian Bidding-based process planning and scheduling in a
and D. H. Norrie multi-agent system
NUMBER 3
Chien H. Wang, Diffusion of ladder-type innovations: a study of
Ram D. Gopal and computer and communications convergence
Y. Alex Tung
E. C. Martinez, D. Duje and On performance modeling of project-oriented pro-
G. A. Pérez duction
J. Edwards and P. R. Gibson Integrated multi-media computers in the execution of
1SO9000 Quality System requirements for document
control and training
Ramesh V. Narang Recognition of neutral features for multiple domain
analysis
Brian M. Kleiner An integrative framework for measuring and evaluat-
ing information management performance
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Subhash Wadhwa, Performance of a hysteresis based control strategy for
Rahul Caprihan and a flexible machine operating under a periodic status
Satish Kumar monitoring policy
Guogiang Zhang and Economic statistical design of X control charts for
Victor Berardi systems with Weibull in-control times
Kuo-Hsiung Wang and Profit analysis of the M/E;,/1 machine repair problem
Ming-Yi Kuo with a non-reliable service station
W.C. Ng and J. Leung Determining the optimal move times for a given cyclic
schedule of a material handling hoist
Jonathan F. Bard Benchmarking simulation software for use in model-
ing postal operations
Amjed Al-Ghanim An unsupervised learning neural algorithm for identi-
fying process behavior on control charts and a
comparison with supervised learning approaches
Herbert Moskowitz and QFD optimizer: a novice friendly quality function
Kwang Jae Kim deployment decision support system for optimizing
product designs
Tariq A. Aldowaisan and A framework for developing technical process
Lotfi K. Gaafar reengineering designs
Sanjay Sharma and Effects of lost sales on composite lot sizing
C. M. Sadiwala
Amjed M. Al-Ghanim and Automated unnatural pattern recognition on control
Lonnie C. Ludeman charts using correlation analysis techniques
Announcements
NUMBER 4
Nancy Gautreau, Simulation of partially observed Markov decision
Soumaya Yacout process and dynamic quality improvement
and Réjean Hall
Kap Hwan Kim Evaluation of the number of rehandles in container
yards
Liu Hong, Zeng Guangzhou A system of optimizing nesting with analogical
and Lin Zongkai learning mechanism
Yi-Chih Hsieh and Scheduling linearly deteriorating jobs on multiple
Dennis L. Bricker machines
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Ali Allahverdi and Stochastic machine dominance in flowshops
M. Fatih Tatari
Saeid Motavalli and Multi-criteria assembly sequencing
Anwar-ul Islam
Peter A. Huegler and A performance comparison of heuristics for the total
Francis J. Vasko weighted tardiness problem
Jerome P. Lavelle, A method for the incorporation of parametric un-
James R. Wilson, certainty in the weighted evaluation multi-attribute
Harvey J. Gold and decision analysis model
John R. Canada
Chih-Chou Chiu, Combining a neural network and a rule-based expert
Deborah F. Cook, system for short-term load forecasting
Jen-Lung Kao and
Yu-Chao Chou
Jong-hwan Kim and Approximate analysis of finite fork/join queueing
Dong-wan Tcha networks
Timon Chih-Ting Du and Overview of emerging database architectures
Philip M. Wolfe
Mohamed A. Ahmed, Optimizing discrete stochastic systems using
Talal M. Alkhamis simulated annealing and simulation
and Merza Hasan
Yu Cheng A knowledge-based airport gate assignment system
integrated with mathematical programming
Note
Myun W. Lee 853 Cubic dream: globalization of IE
NEW ADVANCES IN ANALYSIS OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Abhijit V. Deshmukh, 865 Preface
William F. Fulkerson,
David Sinreich and
H. P. (Ben) Wang
Valerie Tardif and Diagnostic scheduling in finite-capacity production
Mark L. Spearman environments
Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde A multidimensional approach to manufacturing
and Susan A. Slotnick quality
Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran Transient detection with an application to a chemical
and Tep Sastri process
Sherman X. Bai and Scheduling of an unreliable manufacturing system
Mohsen Elhafsi with nonresumable setups
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James H. Bookbinder and 927 Lane selection in an AGV-based asynchronous
Michael D. Kirk parallel assembly line
Shih-Yu Wei, Chih-ChungLo 939 Using throughput profit for selecting manufacturing
and C. Alec Chang process plan
Karim N. Taleb and 949 Disassembly of multiple product structures
Surendra M. Gupta
Announcements