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Polynomial forecasting utilizing exponential smoothing on successive coefficient determinations
(1969)
Economic forecasting techniques are being successfully applied to problems of inventory and production control. Literature on this subject is generally divided into two classifications: the first being a qualitative approach ...
An optimal dynamic policy for the design and maintenance of flexible pavements
(1969)
The primary objective of this research is to provide an analytical solution to the optimal flexible pavement design problem. The procedure is based upon empirical equations for deflection, performance, and traffic. These ...
Development of a programming language for multistage optimization
(1969)
The primary objective of this research is to provide a user-oriented computer language for multistage optimization. While multistage optimization problems may assume many diversified forms in many areas of application, a ...
Dependent state attribute acceptance sampling
(1969)
The major objective of this research is the development of attribute acceptance sampling plans involving a dependency on historical results in the decision to accept or reject inspection sampling lots. Two dependent stage ...
Optimum packaging design and component sparing policies for extended manned space missions
(1968)
The primary objective of this research is to provide an analytical solution to the problem of optimizing the design of manned spacecraft systems with respect to the modular level at which on-board replacement of failed ...
Network planning based on the gamma distribution
(1969)
The primary objective of this research is to develop a different method of analyzing network-based planning models. This method of analysis is activity oriented and incorporates the entire distribution of activity completion ...
Human factors in the moving merge process
(1969)
The objective of this research was to investigate the importance of some independent environmental variables in the moving merge process utilizing human factors as indices of driver comfort in such a dynamic situation. The ...
Optimization and control of production operations utilizing mathematical flow models
(1968)
During recent years the phenomenal growth in size and complexity of our economy and our industrial organizations has brought about an intense need for improved techniques of management and control of production operations. ...
The impact of work assignments on collective bargaining in the petroleum refining industry on the Texas Gulf Coast
(1969)
The major objective of this research is the investigation of the various approaches used by petroleum refinery managements on the Texas Gulf Coast, as these refineries attempted to solve the problem of work assignments and ...