Modern engineering problems often require accurate, reliable, and efficient evaluation of quantities of interest, evaluation of which demands the solution of a partial differential equation. We present in this thesis a ...

Efficient exploitation of subsurface resources requires better understanding of subsurface physical properties as well as optimization of control strategies. Advances in technology have created the possibility of providing ...

Large earthquakes near densely populated areas such as the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe events have caused extensive damage to the physical infrastructure and losses to the regional and national economies. Economic losses ...

A recent regional-scale water balance analysis has indicated that the groundwater storage and groundwater runoff are significant terms in the monthly and annual water balance for areas with a shallow water table. However, ...

In this thesis, we study resource allocation problems that arise in the context of stochastic sequential decision making problems. The practical utility of optimal algorithms for these problems is limited due to their high ...

Efforts to share resources in collaborative pursuits are hindered by differing data representations, redundant applications, and software incompatibilities. Members of a collaborative effort often span different computational ...

In recent years, many manufacturing companies have started exploring innovative revenue management technologies in an effort to improve their operations and ultimately their bottom lines. Methods such as differentiating ...