Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

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2011 conference paper

Tutorial on the simulation of healthcare systems

Proceedings of the 2011 winter simulation conference (wsc), 1403–1414.

By: S. Roberts n

TL;DR: For a variety of reasons, simulation has enjoyed widespread application in health care and health care delivery systems and numerous studies employ system dynamics, agent-based simulation, and hybrid/combined methods. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Information sharing in capacity constrained supply chains under lost sales

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, 49(24), 7469–7491.

By: L. Davis*, R. King n, T. Hodgson n & W. Wei

author keywords: Markov decision process; supply chain information sharing
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Multidimensional Measure of Display Clutter and Pilot Performance for Advanced Head-up Display

AVIATION SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, 82(11), 1013–1022.

By: S. Kim*, L. Prinzel, D. Kaber*, A. Alexander, E. Stelzer, K. Kaufmann, T. Veil

author keywords: display clutter; head-up displays; intelligent flight deck technologies; flight simulation; pilot performance
MeSH headings : Adult; Aviation; Computer Graphics; Computer Simulation; Female; Humans; Linear Models; Male; Middle Aged; Psychomotor Performance; User-Computer Interface; Visual Perception; Workload
TL;DR: A multidimensional measure of display clutter for advanced head-up displays incorporating enhanced and synthetic vision and models of flight performance based on the clutter score and workload ratings were developed, but with less predictive power. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Watching What You Say: Walking and Conversing in Dementia Preliminary Studies

TOPICS IN GERIATRIC REHABILITATION, 27(4), 268–277.

By: B. Davis, M. Maclagan, T. Karakostas, S. Hsiang* & D. Shenk

author keywords: communication; dementia; dual task; gait; talking en route; question types
TL;DR: 3 pilot studies of cognitively impaired (CI) persons responding to different types of questions, including a dual task, walking while answering an unexpected question and a subset of 6 time-distance parameters distinguished gait of the 2 participant groups. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Inverse data envelopment analysis model to preserve relative efficiency values: The case of variable returns to scale

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 61(4), 1017–1023.

By: S. Lertworasirikul*, P. Charnsethikul* & S. Fang n

author keywords: Data envelopment analysis; Inverse optimization; Efficiency; Performance analysis; Resource allocation
TL;DR: A linear programming model is proposed, which gives a Pareto-efficient solution to the inverse BCC problem and there exists at least an optimal solution if and only if the new output vector is in the set of current production possibility set. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Payment contracts in a preventive health care system: A perspective from Operations Management

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 30(6), 1188–1196.

author keywords: Health care payment system; Coordinating contracts; Welfare; Mechanism design; Principal-agent model; Preventive care
MeSH headings : Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis; Colorectal Neoplasms / economics; Colorectal Neoplasms / prevention & control; Contract Services / organization & administration; Contracts / economics; Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration; Health Services Needs and Demand / economics; Humans; Insurance, Health / economics; Mass Screening; Models, Statistical; Preventive Health Services / economics
TL;DR: It is shown that under certain conditions, when the number of customers for a preventive medical intervention is verifiable, there exists a gate-keeping contract and a set of concave piecewise linear contracts that coordinate the system. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Selecting and using views to compute aggregate queries

Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 77(6), 1079–1107.

By: F. Afrati* & R. Chirkova n

TL;DR: A workload of aggregate queries is considered and the problem of selecting materialized views that provide equivalent rewritings for all the queries, and are optimal, is investigated, in that the cost of evaluating the query workload is minimized. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Modelling and analysis of semiconductor manufacturing in a shrinking world: Challenges and successes

European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 5(3), 254–271.

By: C. Chien, S. Dauzere-Peres, H. Ehm, J. Fowler, Z. Jiang, S. Krishnaswamy, T. Lee, L. Monch, R. Uzsoy

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

KKT SOLUTION AND CONIC RELAXATION FOR SOLVING QUADRATICALLY CONSTRAINED QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS

SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION, 21(4), 1475–1490.

By: C. Lu, S. Fang*, Q. Jin*, Z. Wang & W. Xing

author keywords: quadratically constrained quadratic programming; conic programming; global optimality condition; solvable condition
TL;DR: This study leads to a global optimality condition that is more general than the known positive semidefiniteness condition in the literature and proposes a computational scheme that provides clues of designing effective algorithms for more solvable quadratically constrained quadratic programming problems. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Axle load distribution for mechanistic-empirical pavement design in North Carolina multidimensional clustering approach and decision tree development

Transportation Research Record, (2256), 159–168.

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 conference paper

Nonconvex quadratic reformulations and solvable conditions for mixed integer quadratic programming problems

Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 7(4), 1027–1039.

By: Y. Tian & C. Lu

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Evaluation of the effect of computed tomography scan protocols and freeform fabrication methods on bone biomodel accuracy

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH, 72(9), 1178–1185.

By: K. Fitzwater n, D. Marcellin-Little n, O. Harrysson n, J. Osborne n & E. Poindexter n

MeSH headings : Animals; Body Weights and Measures / veterinary; Computer-Aided Design / instrumentation; Dogs; Female; Femur / anatomy & histology; Femur / diagnostic imaging; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods; Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods; Models, Anatomic; Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
TL;DR: Variability among biomodels was caused by model fabrication reproducibility and, to a lesser extent, by the radiation settings of the CT scan and differences among fabrication methods. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Causes of Variation in Construction Project Task Starting Times and Duration

JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 137(9), 663–677.

By: B. Wambeke n, S. Hsiang n & M. Liu n

author keywords: Labor productivity; Construction; Variation; Factor analysis
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Performance of Skart: A Skewness- and Autoregression-Adjusted Batch Means Procedure for Simulation Analysis

INFORMS JOURNAL ON COMPUTING, 23(2), 297–314.

By: A. Tafazzoli*, J. Wilson n, E. Lada* & N. Steiger*

author keywords: simulation; statistical analysis; steady-state analysis; method of batch means; Cornish-Fisher expansion; autoregressive representation
TL;DR: In an experimental performance evaluation of Skart, an automated sequential batch means procedure for constructing an asymptotically valid confidence interval (CI) on the steady-state mean of a simulation output process, Skart exhibited competitive sampling efficiency and closer conformance to the given CI coverage probabilities than the other procedures. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Operating room pooling and parallel surgery processing under uncertainty

INFORMS Journal on Computing, 23(2), 220–237.

By: S. Batun*, B. Denton n, T. Huschka* & A. Schaefer*

TL;DR: A novel two-stage stochastic mixed-integer programming model is presented to minimize total expected operating cost given that scheduling decisions are made before the resolution of uncertainty in surgery durations. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Prioritising production and engineering lots in wafer fabrication facilities: a simulation study

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, 49(11), 3105–3125.

By: K. Crist* & R. Uzsoy n

author keywords: semiconductor manufacturing; water fabrication; production scheduling; engineering
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Global Tangent Visibility Analysis for Polyhedral Computer Aided Design Models

JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 133(3).

By: Z. Yang*, R. Wysk n & S. Joshi*

author keywords: CAD; casting; coordinate measuring machines; cutting; geometry; milling; process planning; production engineering computing
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 article

Using a mathematical programming model to examine the marginal price of capacitated resources

Kefeli, A., Uzsoy, R., Fathi, Y., & Kay, M. (2011, May). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, Vol. 131, pp. 383–391.

By: A. Kefeli n, R. Uzsoy n, Y. Fathi n & M. Kay n

Contributors: A. Kefeli n, R. Uzsoy n, Y. Fathi n & M. Kay n

author keywords: Production planning; Linear programming; Clearing functions; Dual prices; Marginal prices
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Development of a High-Bandwidth XY Nanopositioning Stage for High-Rate Micro-/Nanomanufacturing

IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, 16(4), 724–733.

By: S. Polit n & J. Dong n

Contributors: S. Polit n & J. Dong n

author keywords: Flexure stage; nanopositioning; parallel kinematic mechanism (PKM); piezoelectric actuator
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Bi-Criteria Scheduling of Surgical Services for an Outpatient Procedure Center

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, 20(3), 406–417.

By: S. Gul*, B. Denton n, J. Fowler* & T. Huschka*

author keywords: operating room; outpatient procedure; scheduling; simulation; genetic algorithm
TL;DR: This analysis provides insight into the best scheduling heuristics, and the trade‐off between patient and health care provider‐based criteria, and the trade‐off between patient and health care provider‐based criteria. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

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