1. PLANNING THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION: A MODEL BASED SIMULATED ANNEALING APPROACH Open Access Author: Peck, William Title: PLANNING THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION: A MODEL BASED SIMULATED ANNEALING APPROACH Graduate Program: Industrial Engineering Keywords: Simulated AnnealingSystems Dynamic ModelingInteger ProgrammingResource Allocation ProblemSimulation ModelingMetaheuristicsMathematical ProgrammingJob Shop File: Download Peck_MS_Thesis_Final_1.pdf Committee Members: Daniel A. Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorIlgun Guler, Committee MemberRobert Carl Voigt, Committee Member