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• Information Fusion
• Congestion in Facilities Location and Layout
• Facility Layout (Re)Design
• Agile Manufacturing
• Real-Time Visualization
• Sensor Networks
• Facilities Design and Cellular Manufacturing
• Operations of Production Systems
• Variant Design
• IE 684: Networks, Routing, and Logistics
• IE 661: Scheduling Theory
• IE 620: Agile Manufacturing
• IE 505: Production Planning and Control
• IE 504: Facilities Design
• IE 500: Special Topics: Logistics and Supply-Chain Management
• IE 327: Facilities Design
• IE 320: Engineering Economy
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Teaching Interests
IE 684: Networks, Routing and Logistics
•Course Overview
•Course Topics
•Staff
•Basic Requirements
•Required Work and Grading Policy
•References
•Lectures and Handouts
•Assignments and Projects
| Course Overview |
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This graduate level course is a comprehensive coverage of a trinity of topics
from: (i) graph and network theory that provide the modeling constructs
to specify and algorithms to solve a large class of practical problems, (ii)
routing that helps determine the sequence and timing when traversing
these network structures, and (iii) the business logistics decisions
that coordinate management of storing (inventory), handling, locating (location-allocation),
distributing and mode/carriers selection. In effect, it provides the basics
and definitions, elements, models and algorithms in Networks, Routing and
Logistics (NRL) Management. It provides a core set of fundamentals, case
applications, and in-depth literature studies, to lead to open research topics.
The objective is to expose participants to NRL issues, and in a participatory
setting, enable them to discuss and creatively synthesize these ideas to research
projects of choice. It blends quantitative and qualitative material, from
multiple disciplines of industrial and management engineering. The course
will be conducted in a beneficial cooperative learning setting. Lectures,
group discussions, research projects and participant presentations will constitute
this course. The following topics will be covered.
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| Course Topics |
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- Introduction
- Network Optimization
- Paths, Trees, and Cycles; Shortest Paths
- Maximum Flows, Minimum Cost Flows
- Multicommodity Flows; Lagrangian Relaxation and Network Optimization
- Routing
- TSP, VRP, Inventory Routing
- Business Logistics
- Analyzing, Designing, and Implementing Logistics Systems
- Analytical Models for One-to-One/Many Distribution and Transshipment
- Information Exchange and Supporting Technologies
- Core competencies from a Business standpoint
- Several Research Articles and Case Studies
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Staff
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Instructor:
Dr. Rakesh Nagi, Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
342 Bell Hall Box 602050
Buffalo, NY 14260-2050
U.S.A.
Telephone: (716) 645-2357 x 2103
FAX: (716) 645-3302
E-mail: nagi@buffalo.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Teaching Assistants:
TBA
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| Basic Requirements |
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- Prerequisite of IE 505 Production Planning and Control or similar
course
- Advanced Graduate standing in engineering or management
- Optimization (linear IE 572, discrete IE 573 are highly recommended)
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| Required Work and Grading Policy |
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1. Homework
- 4-5 assignments
15%
2. Class presentations -
2 lectures during the semester
10%
3. Research project -
progress report, final report, presentation
50%
A semester long project will be performed (and journal papers are encouraged
to be published as a result). It should cover an in-depth literature survey
related to the topic, and identify open topics from a research and/or practice
perspectives. Methods covered in the course are encouraged to be applied to
providing a solution to some part of the overall problem. Recommendations
for further work should be included in the final report.
4. Programming project - High
level languages (C/C++, Java or VB) 10%
5. Exam
- one midterm
15%
(+/- Grading scheme will be employed)
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| References |
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Text:
Ravindra K. Ahuja,Thomas L. Magnanti,James B. Orlin, Network
Flows : Theory, Algorithms, and Applications, Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN:
013617549X.
General References:
- Ballou, R.H., Business Logistics Management, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1999). [Advanced (classical) Text for Business Logistics]
- Johnson, J.C., Wood, D.F., Wardlow, D.L. and Murphy, P.R.,
Contemporary Logistics, 7th edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ,
(1999). [More recent but basic text; includes some SCM]
- Stock, J.R. and Lambert, D.M., Strategic Logistics Management,
4th edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York, , (2001). [More recent but basic
text; includes some SCM]
- Daganzo, C.F., Logistics Systems Analysis, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag,
NY, (1996). [Mathematical models]
- World Class Logistics: The Challenge of Managing Continuous
Change, Council of Logistics Management, Oak Brook, IL, (1995). [Business
competency viewpoint]
- Gunn, T.G., In the Age of the Real-Time Enterprise: Managing
for winning Business Performance with Enterprise Logistics Management, Oliver
Wright Publications, Essex Junction, VT, (1994). [Executive level viewpoint]
- Sarmiento, A.-M. and Nagi, R., "Recent Directions in Integrated
Analysis of Manufacturing-Distribution Systems," IIE Transactions on Scheduling
and Logistics, special issue on Manufacturing Logistics, 1999, Vol. 31(11),
pp. 1061-1074. [Research Agenda viewpoint]
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| Lectures and Handouts |
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| Assignments and Projects |
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Homework Assignments (From Text)
- Homework 1: Chapter 2: 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.22,
2.23, 2.27, 2.34, 2.37, 2.46, 2.48
- Homework
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- Homework
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- Homework
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Project Information
- Project Proposals are due 9/21/04 (Tu)
- Project Progress Reports are due 10/26/04 (Tu)
- Final Project Reports are due 12/2/04 (Tu)
- Project Presentations will be held on 12/7/04 (Tu) and 12/9/04 (Th)
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