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Machine Shop II
This chapter continues the machine shop model discussed in the previous chapter. Management is considering a radical change in the machine shop...
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Inventory Control I
This single item multi-period inventory model is shown in Fig. 16.1. This problem will be expanded and also studied in the next chapter. These...
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Machine Servicing Problem
The machine servicing problem is shown in Fig. 14.1 and a basic description can be found in almost any operations research book ([1] p. 573(....
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A Bus Stop
We have plenty of complaints about a certain bus stop. People can not get on the bus because when it stops it is already too crowded. We could add...
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Bank Teller Problem
This is a classical problem in queuing theory: should there be multiple queues, one for each teller in a bank, or should we have one single queue for...
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Life Insurance: New Account Model
This problem was derived from an example in [1]. The system is shown in Fig. 15.1. This figure shows how this insurance company handles an...
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A Dynamic Model of Gene Regulatory Networks Based on Inertia Principle
In molecular biology, functions are produced by a set of macromolecules that interact at different levels. Genes and their products, proteins,...
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Prototype Based Recognition of Splice Sites
Splice site recognition is an important subproblem of de novo gene finding, splice junctions constituting the boundary between coding and non-coding...
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Artificial Neural Networks for Reducing the Dimensionality of Gene Expression Data
The use of gene chips and microarrays for measuring gene expression is becoming widespread and is producing enormous amounts of data. With increasing...
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Call Center Model
The queuing system in this chapter is shown in Fig. 10.1. This application was adopted from an example in [1].
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Emergency Room Model
The system in this chapter was adapted from an example in [1]. The flow through the system is shown in Fig. 13.1. Patients arrive, according to the...
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Fuzzy Sets
In this chapter we have collected together the basic ideas from fuzzy sets and fuzzy functions needed for the book. Any reader familiar with fuzzy...
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Oil Tanker Problem
This model has been adapted from an example in [5]. The system is shown in Fig. 18.1. This figure shows one cycle for an oil tanker. Let us follow an...
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Preemptive Service
A small city has a small municipal garage that does maintenance and repair on city owned vehicles. There are two types of vehicles: (1) TYPE 1 is the...
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Supermarket Model
The flow through this supermarket is shown in Fig. 21.1. This model is adapted after an example in [1]. We first describe the crisp system. Customers...
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Process Failure/Spare Parts Problem
A process in a manufacturing plant contains a very important part, which we shall now call the (spare) PART, which can fail from time to time. When...
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Fuzzy Systems Theory
In this chapter we consider systems whose performance depends on probability distributions and some of the parameters in these probability...
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Printed rGO-Based Temperature Sensor for Wireless Body Area Network Applications
This chapter discusses a Printed Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO)-based temperature sensor for Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications. The sensor...
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AI Based Medicine Intake Tracker
This Android-based application has a built-in automated reminder system. The interaction between patients and doctors is emphasized. When it’s time...
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Hybrid Simulations
A Fuzzy Cognitive Map can serve to externalize the mental model of an individual or group. However, mental models do not directly communicate, in the...