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Dr. Tom M. Cavalier - Graduate Theses Directed
Ph.D. Dissertations Directed
- Aseem S. Chandawarkar, Linear Programming Techniques for Solving Markovian Decision
Process Models of Production Planning Type Problems, August 1985.
- Nazar A. Younis, Optimal Layout of Robotic Assembly Cells, June 1986.
- Stephen C. Daniels, Real Time Conflict Resolution in Automated Guided Vehicle Scheduling,
May 1988. (Co-advisor: D. Pegden)
- Kyung-Hee Jung, Optimal Location(s) of Traveling Server(s) on Stochastic Networks
and in Euclidean Space, August 1988.
- Shahrukh Adi Irani, A Flow Decomposition Approach for Machine Grouping and Layout
Design of Group Technology Flowlines, December 1990. (Co-advisor: P.H. Cohen)
- Hsi-Hsien (Steven) Hsieh, An Analytic Approach for the Design of Cellular Manufacturing
Systems, December 1991. (Co-advisor: P.H. Cohen)
- Roger B. Grinde, Polygonal Containment and Nesting: An Optimization-Based Approach,
December 1993.
- Steven E. Butt, Facility Location in the Presence of Forbidden Regions and Congested
Regions, May 1994.
- Subramanian Krishnan, Hub-Location and Node-Assignment in Networks with Interacting
Facilities, December 1997.
- Ripu Daman Singh, Location-Routing Problems, May 1998.
- Ronald G. McGarvey, On Determining the Location and Capacity of Competitive Facilities,
December 2002.
- Min Xi, Producibility Models for Position Tolerance Problems, May 2003.
(Co-advisor: E.A. Lehtihet)
- Christopher Griffin, Decidability and Optimality in Pushdown Systems: A New Approach
to Discrete Event Control, December 2007.
- Joseph H. Wilck, IV, Solving the Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem,
December 2009.
- Gen-Han Wu, Fleet Planning in the Car Rental Business, May 2010.
Masters Theses Directed
- Aseem S. Chandawarkar, Scheduling on Parallel Non-identical Machines Allowing
Simultaneous Processing, August 1984. (Co-advisor: P.H. Cohen)
- Thomas E. O'Hara, Jr, Linear and Quadratic Applications of Karmarkar's Algorithm,
May 1987. (Co-advisor: Peter D. Norris)
- Kenneth C. Schall, Analysis and Computational Testing of a Modified Karmarkar
Algorithm, August 1987.
- Gerald O'Keefe, An Evaluation of an Inversion-free Interior Point Algorithm for
Finding a Basic Feasible Solution to a Linear Program, December 1988.
- Amy M. Westrope, Continuous Demand Conditional Location-Allocation Problems,
May 1989.
- Carlos Santa Cruz, A Mathematical Model to Improve Electrical Energy and Demand
Management in Mining Operations, May 1990.
- Saurabh R. Doctor, Scheduling for Machining and Assembly in a Job Shop Environment,
December 1990. (Co-advisor: P.J. Egbelu)
- Steven E. Butt, A Mathematical Formulation and a Heuristic for the Multiple Tour
Maximum Collection Problem, August 1991.
- Kyle Beaver, Predator-Prey Search Strategies, August 1992.
- Kerry Beaver, Maximizing the Area of Contact of Convex Polyhedral Surfaces,
August 1992.
- Kimberly Schneider, Optimal Obnoxious Paths on a Network in the Presence of Wind,
August 1992.
- Raymond J. Brideau, A Mathematical Formulation and a Heuristic Algorithm for the
Maximum Collection Problem with Time Dependent Demands, August 1993.
- Charlie Spisz, Scheduling to Minimize Earliness and Tardiness Penalties with Job
Dependent Due Date Tolerances, August 1993.
- Dawn M. Benjamin, A Predator-Prey Search and Consumption Optimization and Simulation,
August 1993.
- Antonine Gatto, Nurse Scheduling Applied to a University Health System, December 1993.
- Dean Belitkus, A Mathematical Formulation and Heuristic for the Janitorial Staffing
and Scheduling Problem, August 1995.
- Alise Reynolds, Facility Location Using Myopic, Long Range, and Discount Strategies,
August 1995.
- Benito Tranguch, A Mathematical Formulation and Heuristic for the Maximum Collection
Problem with Soft Time Windows, August 1995.
- Leslie Van Allen, Approximating Polygons as Circles when Detecting Collisions in
Virtual Reality Systems, August 1995.
- Barbara P. Fraticelli, Sequential Set Point Adjustment in Discrete Parts Manufacturing,
May 1997. (Co-advisor: E.A. Lehtihet)
- David L. Wheeler, An Implicit Enumeration Approach to Tolerance Allocation in Sequential
Tolerance Control, December 1997. (Co-advisor: E.A. Lehtihet)
- Seda Gungor, A Solution Methodology for the 1-Median Facility Location Problem in the
Presence of a Single Circular Congested Region, August 1997.
- Gaurang G. Pandya, A Computer Assisted Tolerance Allocation System for Dominant Datum
Systems in Product Design, May 1998. (Co-advisor: E.A. Lehtihet)
- Shrikant V. Ranade, Mathematical Models for Verification of Composite Position Tolerance
Variants, August 1998. (Co-advisor: E.A. Lehtihet)
- Amy Jo Naylor, Using Simulated Annealing to Solve a Routing Problem with a Discounted
Reward Structure, December 1998.
- Ronald McGarvey, Facility Location in the Presence of Forbidden Regions using the Big
Square Small Square Algorithm, May 1999.
- Katherine Scott, Selective Measurement Times for Sequential Tolerance Control and a
Comparative Evaluation of Set Point Adjustment Methods, May 1999. (Co-advisor: E.A. Lehtihet)
- Chris A Villi, Cluster Selection and Routing for Quota-Driven Salesman, August 2000.
- Susan Morey, A Numerical Approach to Predicting Output Levels for the Two-Hole Transfer
Problem, May 2003. (Co-advisor: E.A. Lehtihet)
- Avneet Singh, A Parallel Genetic Algorithm to Solve a Nonconvex Nondifferentiable Climate
Economics Problem, August 2004.
- Babu Rajasekaran, Using Column Generation to Solve Large-Scale Forest Management
Problems, August 2005.
- Krunal Atul Mehta, Design and Implementation of Column Generation to Solve Large-Scale
Profit-Maximization Forest Management Problems, August 2008. (Co-advisor: M.E. McDill)
- Sridhar Ranganathan, A Study of Optimization and Algorithms for Metabolic Engineering
and Strain Design, August 2008. (Co-advisor: C.D. Maranas)
- Qi Liu, A Heuristic Algorithm for a Minimax Sensor Location Problem along a
Piecewise Linear Curve, May 2010.
- Whitney A. Conner, Maximizing Visibility in a Convex Polygon with a Convex Obstacle, May 2013.
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