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Impact of public policy on judicial review of arbitral awards involving substance abuse
(1988)
The purpose of this research was to document recent federal court decisions where one of the parties relied on public policy arguments, in whole or in part, as a basis for courts to consider vacating an arbitration award. ...
Some problems in sequencing and scheduling utilizing branch and bound algorithms
(1988)
This dissertation deals with branch and bound algorithms which are applied to the two-machine flow-shop problem with sparse precedence constraints and the optimal sequencing and scheduling of multiple feedstocks in a batch ...
Evaluation of temperature, force, and chip formation in orthogonal turning of leaded brass
(1988)
The primary purpose of this research was to investigate the role of lead inclusions in leaded brass or free-machining brass on chip temperatures, cutting force, feed force and deformed chip thickness. The experiment was ...
A subjective-biomechanical evaluation of comfort in automobile seats
(1988)
This dissertation presents the results of an investigation of the relationship between posture and comfort in a suite of four automobile seats. Sixteen university students (eight males, eight females) participated in a ...
Computerized closed form solutions to nonserial dynamic programming problems
(1980)
Dynamic programming models are typically solved by considering discrete values of the decision and state variables. Solutions are tabular inform, showing the best decision for discrete values of the state variable. For ...
Procedures for quantitative sensitivity and performance validation studies of a deterministic fire safety model
(1987)
The increasing number of users of fire models demands their validation by a third party team to investigate the reliability of the models with respect to concerns of potential users. Due to insufficient documentation of ...
A simulation methodology for large scale reliability systems
(1987)
In recent years, the assessment of the reliability and availability of complex systems has played an increasingly important role in the analysis, design, and operation of these systems. A very important element in the ...
Optimal preventive repair policy for a semi-Markov deterioration shock model
(1987)
Most maintenance models for stochastically deteriorating systems consider to replace or not to replace as the only two actions that can be taken at any deterioration stage. In this research a preventive repair model that ...
MCATT, microcomputer analysis of tow-train systems
(1986)
This dissertation presents a new microcomputer based simulation package for Tow-Train systems analysis. MCATT, a microcomputer based analysis package for Tow-train systems, has been designed and developed to investigate ...
An investigation of the effects of external supports on manual lifting
(1989)
The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of the use of external support devices for manual lifting. The use of such devices has become more popular as a form of personal protective equipment in industry, therefore, ...