1. A Design Method For Product Family Trade Studies Utilizing GVI and PFPF Metrics With Application to Robotic Ground Vehicles Open Access Author: Bobuk, Aaron Michael Title: A Design Method For Product Family Trade Studies Utilizing GVI and PFPF Metrics With Application to Robotic Ground Vehicles Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: designproductfamilytrade studiesGVIgenerational variety indexPFPFproduct family penalty functionrobotroboticgroundvehicleATSVgenetic algorithmSimulinkMatlabmathematical modelcommonalityplatformoptimization File: Download Aaron_Bobuk_M.S_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTimothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS FOR PRODUCT FAMILY DISSECTION AND BENCHMARKING Open Access Author: Jain, Avanti Title: A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS FOR PRODUCT FAMILY DISSECTION AND BENCHMARKING Graduate Program: Industrial Engineering Keywords: Product Line Commonality Index (PCI)Design Structure Matrix (DSM)Bill of Materials (BOM)BenchmarkingDissectionProduct FamilyGenerational Variety Index (GVI)Market Segmentation Grid File: Download MS_thesis_IE_Avanti_.pdf Committee Members: Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTimothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID POWER SOURCES FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS THROUGH THE USE OF ALLOMETRIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING Open Access Author: Logan, Drew G. Title: OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID POWER SOURCES FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS THROUGH THE USE OF ALLOMETRIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: system modelingoptimal designhybrid systemsdynamic programmingallometric designmobile robotsrobot performance File: Download Drew_Logan_MS_ME_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTimothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKarl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. A Product Family Optimization Approach Using Multidimensional Data Visualization Open Access Author: Slingerland, Laura A. Title: A Product Family Optimization Approach Using Multidimensional Data Visualization Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: multiobjective optimizationproduct platformproduct familycommonalityvisualization File: Download Thesis_Laura_A_Slingerland.pdf Committee Members: Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTimothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. Using Hierarchical Bayesian Optimization to Learn and Exploit the Dependency Structures of Combinatorial Many-Objective Decision Problems Open Access Author: Shah, Ruchit Aswin Title: Using Hierarchical Bayesian Optimization to Learn and Exploit the Dependency Structures of Combinatorial Many-Objective Decision Problems Graduate Program: Industrial Engineering Keywords: Combinatorial optimizationMultiobjective optimizationKnapsack problemProbabilistic model building evolutionary algorithHierarchical Bayesian networksVisual Analytics File: Download Thesis_Ruchit_Shah.pdf Committee Members: John Patrick Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPatrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTimothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE FOR SYSTEMATIC BENCHMARKING OF PRODUCT FAMILIES Open Access Author: Sarnobat, Rahul Umesh Title: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE FOR SYSTEMATIC BENCHMARKING OF PRODUCT FAMILIES Graduate Program: Industrial Engineering Keywords: Toolkitproduct familybenchmarking softwarebenchmarkingMicrosoft Excel add-in File: Download Thesis_Rahul_Sarnobat_0825.pdf Committee Members: Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTimothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
