Browsing AUS Theses & Dissertations by Series "Master of Science in Engineering Systems Management (MSESM)"
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Multiple Plants Capacitated Lot Sizing and Scheduling with Sequence-Dependent Setup Costs
(2016-11)Production planning is a crucial activity for companies to satisfy customers demand while minimizing cost. The objective of this research is to optimize the production planning and scheduling decisions of companies in ... -
Non-Linear Profile Monitoring Using Artificial Neural Network Fault Detection
(2018-04)In today’s world, the development of technology and industrial systems is becoming much more complex with the ever-demanding need for higher quality. Anomaly detection is the characterization of a normal behavior of a ... -
Optimal Routing and Scheduling in E-commerce Logistics using Crowdsourcing Strategies
(2017-07)The internet penetration has transformed the way people shop and has enlarged online shopping popularity. From 2014 to 2016, electronic commerce has increased by 50% and the forecast predicts a three fold increase by 2020. ... -
Optimization of Excess of Loss Reinsurance Structure
(2016-01)In the current practice in the region, before purchasing a reinsurance contract, small to medium insurance companies rarely conduct internal analysis of their data and experiences in order to evaluate and achieve optimal ... -
Optimization of p-chart for Processes with Multiple Assignable Causes and Random Shift
(2020-05)Attribute control charts are used extensively in many industries to detect assignable causes for many processes. They are particularly useful in the service industries due to difficulty of evaluating services using variable ... -
Performance Analysis of Artificial Neural Networks in Forecasting Financial Time Series
(2013-01)Forecasting stock prices is of critical importance for investors who wish to reduce investment risks. Forecasting is based on the idea that stock prices move in patterns. So far, it is understood that developed, emerging, ... -
Personalizing Group Instruction Using Knowledge Space Theory and Clustering Techniques
(2016-05)In the competitive market today, availability of appropriate skills and competencies that are aligned with an organization's objectives and that contribute to the organization's long-term success and survival is not always ... -
Predicting Stock Prices in Dubai Financial Market Using Neural Networks and the Polynomial Classifiers
(2007-05)Predicting stock prices has always been the aim of investors in stock markets around the globe and has been considered as one of the most challenging applications of modern Time Series Forecasting. Accordingly, there were ... -
Progress Evaluation and Diagnosis Indices for Construction Projects-Omar's Diagnostic Technique
(2006-06)The construction industry constitutes a major part of the global economy. Large amounts of money are spent annually for the construction of residential, commercial, industrial, and other types of projects, including ... -
Risk in Forecasting Correct Directional Changes in Financial Times Series
(2012-05)Forecasting future moves of financial time series is an important task. Decision makers use different forecasting approaches. Regardless of the approach used, decision makers need to confident that the forecasting approach ... -
A Six Sigma Define Phase Methodology for Service-Level Compliance Processes
(2007-12)The world economy has been recently experiencing the shift towards services, a phenomenon that is referred to as services-based or services-led economy. A service generally combines activities of a more intangible nature, ... -
Socially Motivated Approach to Simulate Negotiation Process
(2014-05)Automated negotiation is treated as multi-disciplinary area of rigorous research consisting of Multi Agent Systems (MAS) such as optimization, decision support system, game theory and e-commerce. Thus, automated negotiations ... -
A Strategic Framework for a Smart Campus: American University of Sharjah Case Study
(2019-09)As the term smart campus attracts the professionals and academics from multiple disciplines, and the technology keeps intervening in every aspect of life; it becomes inevitable for the smart campus to take place and ... -
Sustainability-oriented innovation in the supply chain of the cosmetics industry
(2023-04)The cosmetic industry has continued its strong growth and emerged as one of the industries with the highest prospective for further growth and development. Social media and new trends, the availability of sustainable and ... -
A Systematic Approach to the Management of System Security Reengineering Process
(2005-05)With the increasing dependency on the electronic world for doing business using computers, palms, wireless devices, and the Internet, there is a need for revising the security measures and controls built into existing ... -
Technology Management and Analysis of Integrating Fuel Cell Systems in Gas Turbine Power Plants
(2013-04)In this thesis, comprehensive and detailed energy and economic analyses of integrating different types of fuel cells in gas turbine power plants are performed. The research investigates the performance of a hybrid system ...