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THESES SUPERVISED
PHD THESES:
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Kimemia, Joseph G., "Hierarchical Control of Production in
Flexible Manufacturing Systems," EECS, 1982. Co-supervisor:
Bertsekas.
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Choong, Yong F., "Production Flow Planning and Scheduling with
Stochastic Demand," Mechanical Engineering, May, 1988. Committee
chair: Durfee.
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Bai, Sherman Xiewei, "Scheduling Manufacturing Systems with Work-
In-Process Inventory Control," Operations Research Center,
September, 1991.
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N. Srivatsan, "Synthesis of Optimal Policies for Stochastic
Manufacturing Systems," Operations Research Center, September,
1993.
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Burman, Mitchell H., "New Results in Flow Line Analysis", Operations
Research Center, June, 1995.
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Bonvik, Asbjoern, "", Operations
Research Center, June, 1996.
S. M. THESES
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Dersin, Pierre L., "Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Static
Traffic Assignments in a Large Freeway Corridor, Using Modern
Control Theory," 1976. Mathematics Department. Co-supervisor:
Athans.
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Bueno, Ramon A., "Performance and Sensitivity Analysis of the
Generalized Likelihood Ratio Method for Failure Detection," EECS,
1977. Co-supervisor: Willsky.
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Kurkjian, Andrew L., "The Estimation of Traffic Variables and
Detection of Incidents Using Presence Detector Data," EECS, 1978.
Co-supervisor: Willsky.
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Schick, Irvin C., "Modeling and Analysis of Unreliable Transfer
Lines with Finite Interstage Buffers," 1978. Chemical
Engineering Department. Co-supervisor: Georgakis.
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Tan, Han-Ngee, "Hybrid Optimization in Traffic Networks," EECS,
1979. Co-supervisor: Athans.
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Kimemia, Joseph G., "Multicommodity Network Flow Optimization in Flexible
Manufacturing Systems," EECS, 1979. Co-supervisor: Athans.
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Ammar, Mostafa H., "Modeling and Analysis of Unreliable
Manufacturing Assembly Networks with Finite Storages," EECS,
1980.
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Hahne, Ellen L., "Dynamic Routing in an Unreliable Manufacturing Network with
Limited Storage," EECS, 1981. Co-supervisor:
Athans.
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Tsitsiklis, John N., "Optimal Dynamic Routing in an Unreliable
Manufacturing System," EECS, 1981. Co-supervisor: Athans.
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Wiley, R. Paul, "Analysis of a Tandem Queue Model of a Transfer
Line," EECS, 1981.
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Ibrahim, Magid M., "Modeling and Analysis of Automated
Manufacturing Systems with Focus on Equivalent and Computational Complexity,"
1981. Sloan School. Co-supervisor: Graves.
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Burgevin, Denis J.-M., "Optimal Open-Loop Control of Industrial
Robots," EECS, 1983. Co-supervisor: Verghese.
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Van Ryzin, Garrett, "Control of Manufacturing Systems with
Delay," EECS, June, 1987.
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Caromicoli, Adam, "Time Scale Analysis Techniques for Flexible
Manufacturing Systems," EECS, December, 1987. Co-supervisor:
Willsky.
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Lin, Carrie Ka Yuk, "Analysis of Open-Loop Manufacturing
Systems," Operations Research Center, February, 1989.
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Darakananda, Bovornrat, "Simulation of Manufacturing Process
Under a Hierarchical Control Algorithm," EECS, May, 1989.
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Saad, Ibrahim S., "Analysis of a Method for Scheduling Set-Ups in
a Manufacturing System," EECS, July, 1989.
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de Haut de Sigy, Romuald, "Loading Control Policy for a Batch
Machine," Operations Research Center, January, 1990.
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Moore, R. Earl, "An Interactive Scheduling System for a Prototype
Manufacturing Job Shop," Mechanical Engineering, June, 1990.
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Strosser, Catherine, M., "Diagnosis of Production Shortfall in a
Transfer Line by Means of Analytic and Simulation Methods," May,
1991, LFM Fellow.
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Bai, Sherman Xiewei, "Linear Formulation of Control Parameter
Estimation for Real-Time Production Scheduling," Mechanical
Engineering, September, 1991.
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Vives, Guillaume-Yves, "Real-Time Scheduling of an Assembly Stage
in a Production Stage," Operations Research Center, December,
1991.
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Connolly, Stephanie, "A Real-time Policy for Performing Setup
Changes in a Manufacturing System," Operations Research Center,
May, 1992.
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Dennis Hager, "Applying Continuous Flow Manufacturing Principles
to a Low Volume Electronics Manufacturer," LFM Fellow, June,
1992.
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Burman, Mitchell H., "A Real-Time Dispatch Policy for a System
Subject to Sequence-Dependent, Random Setup Times," Operations
Research Center, January, 1993.
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Amy Austin, "Scheduling and Management Aspects of Increasing
Flexibility in Manufacturing," LFM Fellow, May, 1993. Co-
supervised with Professor Eric Brynolfson of MIT Sloan School.
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Mike Chrzanowski, "Development of a Manufacturing & Business
Planning Tool to Aid in Forward Planning," LFM Fellow, May, 1993.
Co-supervised with Professor Stephen C. Graves of MIT Sloan
School.
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Christopher E. Couch, "Modeling and Simulation of Manufacturing
Flexibility in Circuit Board Manufacturing," Mechanical
Engineering, May, 1993. Co-supervised with Professor Charles H.
Fine of MIT Sloan School.
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Matthew J. Matuszewski, "Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in
a Remote Manufacturing Facility," LFM Fellow, May, 1993. Co-
supervised with Professor James B. Rebitzer of MIT Sloan School.
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Derrick C. Walker, "Design of a Process Improvement Methodology
for Die Construction," LFM Fellow, May, 1993. Co-supervised with
Dr. Donald Rosenfield of MIT Sloan School.
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Violette, James D., "Implementation of a Hierarchical Controller
in a Factory Simulation," Aeronautics and Astronautics, May,
1993.
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Sungsu Ahn, "Construction and Implementation of Real-Time
Scheduling Algorithms in a Computer-Aided Fabrication
Environment, " Operations Research Center, October, 1993.
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Miltiadis A. Stamatopoulos, ``A Factory Representation as a
Design Tool in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing Environment,''
MS thesis, MIT EECS, May, 1994.
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Maria Carrascosa, "Variance of the Output in a Deterministic
Two-Machine Line," Mechanical Engineering, May, 1995.
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Augusto Giancola, "Some Tools for Event Frequency Decomposition and
Heterogeneous Transfer Line Analysis," OR Center, May, 1995.
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James E. Schor, "Efficient Algorithms for Buffer Allocation," EECS,
May, 1995.
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Johnson Tan, "A Machine Utilization Analysis Tool," EECS, June, 1995.
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Joseph Edward Nemec, "A Quantity Scheduling Language for
Manufacturing Systems," Operations
Research Center, June, 1997.
Engineer
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Kaan Egilmez, "Technical and Economic Aspects of Fault Management
in Manufacturing Systems using Modal State Logic," Mechanical
Engineering, June, 1992.
S. B. THESES
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McIlrath, Michael B., "Steady State Minimization of Traveler Cost
for Freeway Corridor Systems," EECS, 1976.
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Khan, Ejaz A., "Modeling and Optimization of a Complex
Manufacturing Process," EECS, 1977.
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Pomerance, Brenda, "Investigation of a 3-Machine Transfer Line,"
EECS, 1979.
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Dishop, Paul M., "Bounding Methods for a K-Machine Transfer
Line," EECS, 1981.
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Magda, Barry A., "Planning Aid for Flexible Manufacturing
Systems: The Production System Simulator," EECS, 1981.
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Kim, Yul Hoon, "A Computer Simulation for the Analysis of Loop
Manufacturing Processes," EECS, June, 1986.
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Humphrey, Edward R., "The Development of an Assembly-Disassembly Network Editor,"
EECS, January, 1987.
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Balut, Brian P., "Thermostatic Metals Strip Tracking and
Scheduling System," EECS, May, 1987.
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Moissis, Elias D., "A Description and Simulation of a Printed
Circuit Board Manufacturing Plant," EECS, May, 1988.
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Kowalski, Joseph, "Simulations Experiments Using a Model of a
Wood Products Factory," Mechanical Engineering, June, 1990.
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Morin, Chris, "Scheduling Simulation of a Surface Mount
Manufacturing Process," Mechanical Engineering, June, 1991.
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Smarason, Hannes, "Application of a Hierarchical Control
Algorithm to Production in an Injection Molding System,"
Mechanical Engineering, June, 1991.
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Torres, Marcello, "A Graphical User Interface for Hiercsim,"
EECS, May, 1991.
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Lydio Villaflor, "Xgrafconv: A Software Utility for Producing
Graphical Output for Hiercsim," Mechanical Engineering, January,
1992.
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Steven M. Reister, "Application of a Hierarchical Flow Control
Scheduling Simulator to a Low Volume Electronics Manufacturer,"
Mechanical Engineering, June, 1992.
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Marc Maselli, "Transfer Line Simulation as Applied to Production Variance,"
Mechanical Engineering, February, 1993.
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Mark Randall, "Factory Simulations Using a Hierarchical Control
Algorithm," Mechanical Engineering, May, 1994.
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Mithran Matthew, "A Study of Single Machine Production and
Variability," Mechanical Engineering, May, 1995.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON STUDENTS
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Mostafa H. Ammar won Second Prize in the ORSA/TIMS Nicholson
Student Paper Competition at the CORS/TIMS/ORSA Joint National
Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May, 1981. His paper was
based on his Master's thesis work.
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N. Srivatsan won Honorable Mention in the Student Paper
Competition of the 29th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,
Hawaii, December, 1990. His paper was based on his thesis work.
Last Updated: 15 July, 1998