Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Uster, Halit"
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Memisoglu, Gokhan (2014-12-10)In this dissertation, we study the design and planning of bio-energy supply chain networks. This dissertation consists of 3 studies that focus on different aspects of bio-energy supply chain systems. In the first study, ...
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Easwaran, Gopalakrishnan (2010-01-16)Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) management provides opportunity for cost savings through the integration of product recovery activities into traditional supply chains. Product recovery activities, such as remanufacturing, ...
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Wang, Xinghua (2012-12-03)Natural disasters and extreme events are often characterized by their violence and unpredictability, resulting in consequences that in severe cases result in devastating physical and ecological damage as well as countless ...
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Torres Soto, Joaquin (2010-07-14)This dissertation studies models for locating facilities in time varying demand environments. We describe the characteristics of the time varying demand that motivate the analysis of our location models in terms of total ...
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Richardson, Joshua Paul (2015-07-17)An MINLP optimization model has been created that optimizes the layout of a set of sections with fixed footprint areas bound to an offshore platform of a given size based on safety considerations due to fire, explosion, ...
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Ulusal, Elif (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)We consider the problem of computing the branchwidth and an optimal branch decomposition of a graph. Branch decompositions and branchwidth were introduced in 1991 by Robertson and Seymour and were used in the proof of ...
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Joint optimization of location and inventory decisions for improving supply chain cost performance Keskin, Burcu Baris (2009-05-15)This dissertation is focused on investigating the integration of inventory and facility location decisions in different supply chain settings. Facility location and inventory decisions are interdependent due to the economies ...
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Chen, Nannan (2015-12-16)Large regional evacuations caused by severe weather such as hurricane’s and tsunami’s are fraught with complexity, uncertainty and risk. During such events, evacuees have to make decisions on route planning and ...
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Hwang, Sung Ook (2014-12-12)In this dissertation, we develop models and methodologies for effective design and efficient operation of product recovery logistics networks. Recovery networks, employed for recycle-reuse-refurbish-remanufacture purposes, ...
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Lin, Hui 1981- (2010-11-11)Recent advancements in sensory devices are presenting various opportunities for widespread applications of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The most distinguishing characteristic of a WSN is the fact that its sensors have ...
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Dalal, Jyotirmoy (2014-12-02)We present three models for emergency response network design. First, in a deterministic setting, we focus on two critical aspects of emergency logistics: evacuation and relief distribution. We consider a three-tier system ...
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Agrahari, Homarjun (2009-05-15)Logistics and supply chain problems arising in the context of intermodal transportation and less-than-truckload (LTL) network design typically require commodities to be consolidated and shipped via the most economical route ...
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Sasi Kumar, Sarath K (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Telecommunication networks form an integral part of life. Avoiding failures on these networks is always not possible. Designing network structures that survive these failures have become important in ensuring the reliability ...
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Maheshwari, Nimish (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Truckload shipments constitute a significant portion of the freight transportation industry. In recent years, truckload industry is facing a serious problem of high driver turn over rate. In this research, we present ...
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Agarwal, Tarun (2011-10-21)Traditionally, most consumers of electricity pay for their consumption according to a fixed-rate. The few existing implementations of real time pricing have been restricted to large industrial consumers, where the benefits ...
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Hahm, Jungyoon (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Spectral element based numerical solvers are developed to simulate electrokinetically driven flows for micro-fluidic applications. Based on these numerical solvers, basic phenomena and devices for electrokinetic applications ...
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Lee, Chaehwa (2012-02-14)This dissertation discusses two independent topics. The first part of the dissertation relates three theories of international economics (comparative advantage, competitive advantage, and competitiveness), and formulates ...
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Shi, Congyin (2017-07-23)Nowadays, the rapid development of system-on-chip (SoC) market introduces tremendous complexity into the integrated circuit (IC) design. Meanwhile, the IC fabrication process is scaling down to allow higher density of ...
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An, Heungjo (2012-02-14)The purpose of this dissertation is to provide an effective approach to design the supply chain (SC) of the cellulosic biofuel industry in order that it will support and accelerate the successful commercialization of the ...
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Dilaveroglu, Sebnem 1986- (2012-08-22)This study addresses the problem of designing a new natural gas transmission network or expanding an existing network while minimizing the total investment and operating costs. A substantial reduction in costs can be ...