2004 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium
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PROCEEDINGS (Adobe Acrobat) PROJECT TITLE/AUTHORS
A101

SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF REDEVELOPED SUPERFUND SITES, Michael H. Chen, Manish Garg, Connie R. Lin, Leena J. Patel, Henry N. Wong, Peter A. Beling, SIE, UVA

A102

PRICING OF MULTI-PRODUCT BUNDLES TO MATCH SUPPLY AND DEMAND, Ali Yasar, Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

A103

CONCESSION CONTRACT DESIGN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A BUS RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA, Mauricio Abadia, Rafael De Faria, Alfredo Garcia, Seth Liskey, Leo Owens, SIE UVA

A201 APPLICATIONS OF NETWORKING CAPABILITIES TO ASSIST IN SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, Jason Hunter, Timothy Matlack, Kevin Schweer, Myong Sung, Thomas Ward, Altaf Bahora, Steven Davis, Barry Horowitz, SIE, UVA, David Drescher, RoamSecure, Inc., Daniel Spar, Michael Sullivan, Institute for Defense Analysis
A202 IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOFTWARE TOOL FOR A GOLD ELECTROPLATING BATH OPERATION, William Denney, Matthew King, Joseph Wilck, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A203

INFORMATION DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION SEARCH FILTER: PREDICTING TABU REGIONS, Matthew H. Jones, SIE, UVA

A301

NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL (NBC) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, Ryan Dickey, Timothy Franklin, Jake Harmon, Rachel Jennings, Alan Zimmerer, Engineering School, UVA

A302

CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY IN LOWER-INCOME COMMUNITIES, Christina Faeh, Stanley Garstka, Natalie Giannelli, Kyle LaBranche, Soham Sen, Amanda Singleton, Garrick Louis, Robert Marquez, SIE, UVA, Beth Neville, Ixtatan Foundation

A303

RISK-BASED MODEL FOR TRACKING COMPLEXITY IN SYSTEM VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS, Priya Sarda, James Lambert, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, UVA

A304

USING AGENT-BASED SIMULATION TO REDUCE COLLATERAL DAMAGE DURING MILITARY OPERATIONS, Hunter Brooks, Tim DeKeyser, David Jaskot, David Sibert, Rick Sledd, Wayne Stilwell, William Scherer, SIE, UVA

A401

LEARNING FROM STUDENT DATA, Kash Barker, Theodore Trafalis, Teri Reed Rhoads, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma

A402 FACILITATING PUBLIC SAFETY ANALYSIS THROUGH ENHANCED INFORMATION SHARING: IMPROVING THE GEOSPATIAL REPOSITORY FOR ANALYSIS AND SAFETY PLANNING, Kyun Chung, Lisa Davis, Connor Fee, Ryan Grammer, Donald Brown, Jason Dalton, SIE, UVA, Ronald Wilson, National Institute of Justice, Crime Research Mapping Center
A403 WEBCAT: THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WEB-BASED CRIME ANALYSIS TOOLKIT, Joshua Hendrick, Thomas Howell, Darrin London, Eric Luehrs, Michael Saliba, Donald Brown, Jason Dalton, Francis Prats, SIE, UVA, Butch Johnstone, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
A404

SIMULATION OF A DISTRIBUTED TARGET RECOGNITION SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE OPERATING CONDITIONS, Saptarshi Adhikari, James Fang, Guenevere Lindgren, Shadi Wadie, Michael DeVore, SIE, UVA

A501 COORDINATING AND PRIORITIZING MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, Rachel Copperman, Michael Devlin, Ryan Ewalt, Tamika Lockhart, Kenneth Peterson, James Lambert, SIE, UVA, Mary Lynn Tischer, Kimberly Spence, Katherine Graham, Wayne Ferguson, Virginia Transportation Research Council
A502 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) CARGO SYSTEM, Kevin Han, Angela Garcia, Indah Leo, Miguel Martin del Campo, Chnur Muhammad, Libni Ortiz-Valles, George Donohue, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, Herman Redeiss, Federal Aviation Administration, Lance Sherry, Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
A503 AIRPORT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE MANAGEMENT UNDER WEATHER UNCERTAINTY, Christopher Devlin, Matthew Fulgenzi, Vincent Sacro, Sean Stapleton, Stephen Szurgyi, George Mason University, Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corporation, Karl Grundmann, NASA Ames Research Center
A504

CONTENT DEVELOPMENT FOR A WEB-BASED SYSTEM DEVOTED TO FLIGHT DISPATCHER ICING TRAINING, Matthew Brophy, Courtney Lane, Ricky Li, Ryan Swigler, Ellen Bass, Justin DeVoge, SIE, UVA

B101

ADVANCES IN DEVELOPING A SIGNAL PROCESSING TOOL FOR ROCKET MOTOR MEASUREMENTS, Ye Peter Chen, Michelle Gaudiose, Ryan Murphy, Laura Schrader, Reza Seirafi, K. Preston White, Jr., SIE, UVA, P. K. Wu, Aerojet Corporation

B102

DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL, Sarah Betzwieser, Loren Bushkar, Calvin Chan, Carter Chandler, Andrew Smith, James Lark, III, SIE, UVA

B103

NETSS: A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT FOR TESTING SUSPICIOUS SOFTWARE, Matthew Ashburn, John Lach, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UVA, Mark Sulcoski, National Ground Intelligence Center

B201

OPTIMIZING COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE DEPLOYMENT: DEVELOPMENT OF A DECISION AID, Ian Ayers, Andrew Breton, Mark Farrington, Justin Landrum, Rachel Lee, SIE, UVA

B202

REDESIGN OF THE WEST POINT LOGISTICS WAREHOUSE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, Joseph Maliszewski, Joshua Range, Troy Vaughn, Danielle Millien, Brigitte Kwinn, Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy

B203

A GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS WITH STOCHASTIC DEMAND AND SOFT TIME WINDOWS, K. L. Mak and Z. G. Guo, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Hong Kong

B301

IMPROVING UPON LOGISTIC REGRESSION TO PREDICT UNITED STATES ARMY DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM (DEP) LOSSES, John Halstead and Donald Brown, SIE, UVA

B302

A REGRESSION-BASED PREDICTIVE MODEL OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE AT UVA MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMES, Thomas Walls, Jr., Northrop Grumman Newport News, and Ellen Bass, SIE, UVA

B303 MINING FREQUENT ROOTED SUBTREES IN XML DATA WITH ME-TREES, Wansong Zhang, Daxin Liu, Jianpei Zhang, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, China
B401 CONTINUOUS AIRPORT VEHICLE ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM (CAVATS), Rudy Ayala, Cammela Budram, Terry Koussis, Juan Muhammad, Rumana Rashid, George Donohue, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, Marc Viggiano, SENSIS Corporation
B402 TERMINAL AREA CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT CONCEPT, Marshall Gangel, Girija Mehta, Chnar Muhammad, Siroos Sekhavat, Gaurav Vora, George Donohue, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, Kenneth D. Arkind, Raytheon Command, Control, Communications and Information Systems
B403 PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION FOR THE SIX-YEAR PROGRAM AND THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, Ryan Tiffany, Eric Issadore, Rory Smith, Priya Sarda, James Lambert, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, UVA, Charles Rasnick, Marsha Fiol, Virginia Department of Transportation, Wayne Ferguson, Virginia Research Transportation Council
C101

PRELIMINARY STUDY OF INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY CRIME ANALYSTS, Kristina Buenafe, Booz Allen Hamilton, Donald Brown, Ellen Bass, SIE, UVA

C102

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT FOR A SMALL PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Wendy Fan, Robert Luck, Katy Manier, Jaclyn Pierce, Lauren Pool, Stephen Patek, SIE, UVA

C103

ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM READINESS, Jeanna Chang, William Gibson, Emma Lander, Kelly O’Hargan, Susan Donohue, Stephanie Guerlain, SIE, UVA, Brian Clark, Eugene Parker, Barron Associates, Inc.

C201 MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A “DECISION MATRIX” FOR MISSILE RETARGETING DECISIONS, Christopher Jones, Stephanie Guerlain, SIE, UVA
C202

VISUAL DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, Jason Ballard, James Choi, Travis Oakes, Matt Pizzuto, Jen Ramirez, Donald Brown, Jason Dalton, SIE, UVA

C203

MODELING THE IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE INTERDEPENDENCIES ON VIRGINIA’S HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, Lisa Dryden, Matthew Haggerty, Lindsey Lane, Christine Lee, SIE, UVA

C301

STRATEGIC SPACE PLAN INITIATIVE (SSPI), Kevin King, Jessica Lackey, Daniel Stevens, Brian Kleiner, Subhash Sarin, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Lenny Harris, John Thomson, Philip Morris USA

C302

HEURISTIC APPROACHES TO SOLVE THE U-SHAPED LINE BALANCING PROBLEM AUGMENTED BY GENETIC ALGORITHMS, Ulises Martinez, William Duff, Mechanical Engineering Department, Colorado State University

C303

SCHEDULING JOBS ON A K-STAGE FLEXIBLE FLOW SHOP USING A TOC-BASED (BOTTLENECK) PROCEDURE, Milton Acero-Dominguez, Carlos Paternina-Arboleda, Departamenta de Ingenieria Industrial, Universidad del Norte, Colombia

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ISBN: 0-9744559-3-8
IEEE Catalog Number: 04EX785C