Industrial Engineering articles from April 1990

Industrial Engineering archives from April 1990

How to build valid, credible and appropriately detailed simulation models.
April 1, 1990... How To Build Valid, Credible And Appropriately Detailed Simulation Models Simulation models are used to design new systems and to "optimize" existing ones, since actual experimentation with the system itself is disruptive, not...

Advanced factory simulation boosts design, implementation for GE aircraft engines. (General Electric)
April 1, 1990... Advanced Factory Simulation Boosts Design, Implementation For GE Aircraft Engines The seven- and eight-figure price tags on flexible manufacturing systems and other high-tech equipment for today's factories demand that system designers "get...

Personal computer tools for effective inventory management.
April 1, 1990... Personal Computer Tools For Effective Inventory Management The Minnesota Metropolitan Waste Control Commission operates a warehouse containing roughly 21,000 items, valued at $3.5 million. This warehouse supports construction and maintenance...

Assessing solution efficiency for quadratic assignment problems. (microcomputers) (tutorial)
April 1, 1990... Assessing Solution Efficiency For Quadratic Assignment Problems The Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) is a combinatorial problem of assigning n facilities to n locations. There are n! possible assignments, assuming that every location is...