Techniques for the planning, analysis, control, and evaluation of production systems. Topics include theory of constraints, project management, forecasting, production and inventory control, scheduling, and enterprise requirements planning. IEE 475 Simulating Stochastic Systems . Analysis of stochastic systems using basic queueing networks and discrete event simulation. Applications include basic network modeling, shared resources, and routing and assembly logic.
Students learn how to conduct a sound simulation study.
Students model and analyze industrial systems applications with Operations Research techniques. Applications include resource allocation, product mix, production, shipping, task assignment, market programming, network models, Markov chains, and queueing. IEE 511 Analysis of Decision Processes . IEE 533 Scheduling . Application of scheduling and sequencing algorithms, deterministic and stochastic network analysis, and flow algorithms.