Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

✍ Scribed by W. H. Chan, Alan H. S. Chan (auth.), Alan H. S. Chan, Sio-Iong Ao (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 505
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 5
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research compiles revised and extended articles written by prominent researchers participating in the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS) 2007. This volume addresses manufacturing processes and methods, optimization, experimental engineering design, and reliability and quality control techniques, as well as other topics, including:

• Quality management systems
• Computer supported collaborative engineering
• Human factors and ergonomics
• Engineering management and leadership
• Transportation network design
• Stochastics modeling
• Queueing theory

Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research offers the latest information on the advances in industrial engineering and operations research and serves as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working in this area.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
A Comprehensive Movement Compatibility Study for Hong Kong Chinese....Pages 1-12
A Study of Comparative Design Satisfaction Between Culture and Modern Bamboo Chair....Pages 13-25
Factors Influencing Symbol-Training Effectiveness....Pages 27-38
Multiple-Colony Ant Algorithm with Forward–Backward Scheduling Approach for Job-Shop Scheduling Problem....Pages 39-55
Proposal of New Paradigm for Hand and Foot Controls in the Context of Spatial Compatibility Effect....Pages 57-65
Development of a Mathematical Model for Process with S-Type Quality Characteristics to a Quality Selection Problem....Pages 67-81
Temporal Aggregation and the Production Smoothing Model: Evidence from Electronic Parts and Components Manufacturing in Taiwan....Pages 83-94
Simulations of Gear Shaving and the Tooth Contact Analysis....Pages 95-110
On Aggregative Methods of Supplier Assessment....Pages 111-125
Human Factors and Ergonomics for Nondestructive Testing....Pages 127-142
A Novel Matrix Approach to Determine Makespan for Zero-Wait Batch Processes....Pages 143-153
Interactive Meta-Goal Programming: A Decision Analysis Approach for Collaborative Manufacturing....Pages 155-172
Nonlinear Programming Based on Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 173-183
A Heuristic for the Capacitated Single Allocation Hub Location Problem....Pages 185-196
Multimodal Transport: A Framework for Analysis....Pages 197-208
Fractional Matchings of Graphs....Pages 209-225
Correlation Functions for Dynamic Load Balancing of Cycle Shops....Pages 227-243
Neural Network-Based Integral Sliding Mode Control for Nonlinear Uncertain Systems....Pages 245-257
Decentralized Neuro-Fuzzy Control of a Class of Nonlinear Systems....Pages 259-274
A New Training Algorithm of Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Chaotic Dynamic Systems....Pages 275-289
General-Purpose Simulation Management for Satellite Navigation Signal Simulation....Pages 291-299
Multilayered Quality-of-Service Architecture with Cross-layer Coordination for Teleoperation System....Pages 301-314
Improvement of State Estimation for Systems with Chaotic Noise....Pages 315-325
Combined Sensitivity–Complementary Sensitivity Min–Max Approach for Load Disturbance–Setpoint Trade-off Design....Pages 327-343
Nonlinear Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for a Rotary Inverted Pendulum....Pages 345-360
Robust Load Frequency Sliding Mode Control Based on Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimator....Pages 361-374
Robust Intelligent Motion Control for Linear Piezoelectric Ceramic Motor System Using Self-constructing Neural Network....Pages 375-390
Development of Hybrid Magnetic Bearings System for Axial-Flow Blood Pump....Pages 391-400
Critical Angle for Optimal Correlation Assignment to Control Memory and Computational Load Requirements in a Densely Populated Target Environment....Pages 401-413
High-Precision Finite Difference Method Calculations of Electrostatic Potential....Pages 415-432
Newton–Tau Method....Pages 433-452
Reconfigurable Hardware Implementation of the Successive Overrelaxation Method....Pages 453-466
Tabu Search Algorithm Based on Strategic Oscillation for Nonlinear Minimum Spanning Tree Problems....Pages 467-475
Customization of Visual Lobe Measurement System for Testing the Effects of Foveal Load....Pages 477-485
Back Matter....Pages 487-497

✦ Subjects

Industrial and Production Engineering; Engineering Design; Control , Robotics, Mechatronics; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming