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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Systems & Industrial Engineering"”.
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Reliability Analysis and Optimization of Systems Containing Multi-Functional Entities
… this dissertation, we study the reliability of systems containing multi-functional entities. We derive the expressions for reliability of one-shot systems and reliability of each function. A step further, a redundancy allocation problem (RAP) with the objective of maximizing system reliability …
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Dynamic Learning and Human Interactions under the Extended Belief-Desire-Intention Framework for Transportation Systems
In recent years, multi-agent traffic simulation has been widely used to accurately evaluate the performance of a road network considering individual and dynamic movements of vehicles under a virtual roadway environment. Given initial traffic demands and road conditions, the simulation is executed …
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Developing a Parametric Cost Model for Operating Costs of Army Ground Combat Weapon Systems
… operating costs of Army ground combat weapon systems. The model is intended to be used during the first two phases of the Army's acquisition process. The research necessary to develop the model was guided by two questions: what weapon system characteristics (such as weight, horsepower, fuel …
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An Economic Analysis of Residential Photovoltaic Systems with and without Energy Storage
<p>Residential photovoltaic (PV) systems serve as a source of electricity generation that is separate from the traditional utilities. Investor investment into residential PV systems provides several financial benefits such as federal tax credit incentives for installation, net metering credit from …
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An Instrument to Assess Individual Capacity for System Thinking
… of this research was to develop and deploy a new systems thinking instrument to assess individual capacity for systems thinking using an inductive research design. While technology has been increasing exponentially, the corresponding methods to harness those technological advances, and the …