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dc.contributor.advisorWortman, Martin, A.
dc.creatorSavachkin, Aliaksei
dc.date.accessioned2006-10-30T23:31:43Z
dc.date.available2006-10-30T23:31:43Z
dc.date.created2005-08
dc.date.issued2006-10-30
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4380
dc.description.abstractWhile lean manufacturing has greatly improved the efficiency of production operations, it has left US enterprises in an increasingly risky environment. Causes of manufacturing disruptions continue to multiply, and today, seemingly minor disruptions can cause cascading sequences of capacity losses. Historically, enterprises have lacked viable tools for addressing operational volatility. As a result, each year US companies forfeit billions of dollars to unpredictable capacity disruptions and insurance premiums. In this dissertation we develop a number of stochastic models that capture the dynamics of capacity disruptions in complex multi-tier flow-matching feed-forward networks (FFN). In particular, we relax basic structural assumptions of FFN, introduce random propagation times, study the impact of inventory buffers on propagation times, and make initial efforts to model random network topology. These stochastic models are central to future methodologies supporting strategic risk management and enterprise network design.en
dc.format.extent1528654 bytesen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.subjectrisken
dc.subjectcapacityen
dc.subjectfeed-forwarden
dc.subjectrandomen
dc.subjectdisruptionsen
dc.titleCapacity dynamics of feed-forward, flow-matching networks exposed to random disruptionsen
dc.typeBooken
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentIndustrial Engineeringen
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCetinkaya, Sila
dc.contributor.committeeMemberElkins, Debra, A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKlutke, Georgia-Ann
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWehrly, Thomas, E.
dc.type.genreElectronic Dissertationen
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dc.format.digitalOriginborn digitalen


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