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The role of organizational culture in creating secure and resilient supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis aims to understand the role that organizational culture plays in creating secure and resilient supply chains. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the government's subsequent response, propelled ...
The evaluation of regional water balances using different hydrometeorological datasets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The iLab service broker : a software infrastructure providing common services in support of Internet accessible laboratories
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Remote laboratories that are accessible via the Internet are becoming a common phenomenon in higher education institutions. This thesis describes the iLab Service Broker architecture, a software infrastructure that supports ...
Scheduling services and security ticket token services in iLab interactive services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The iLab architecture allows students to execute laboratory experiments remotely through internet. It supports three different kinds of experiments: batched, interactive and sensor-based. The iLab Interactive Experiments ...
A web based integrated global project management system for large scale A/E/C/ projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The globalization of architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C) industry has added new dimensions to project management. A wide spectrum of tools and software are used by project managers to manage these geographically ...
Optimization of kitting operations for an automated microelectronics assembly process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Raytheon's Solid-State Microwave (SSM) manufacturing area produces a low-volume, high mix assortment of Microwave Integrated Circuits (MIC) for airborne radars. The current kitting process for pick-and-place assembly is ...
Modeling carbon dioxide particle releases in the deep ocean
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This work investigates the environmental impacts of releasing solid CO₂ hydrate particles into the deep ocean for the purpose of CO₂ sequestration. Release of CO₂ in this form may be desirable as hydrate particles are ...
A taxonomy and analysis of web wrapping technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Web wrapping technologies were developed in the 90s in the middle of the dot com boom to facilitate the extraction of web data. In recent years, the underlying architecture of web wrapping technologies is also been used ...
Modeling airline passenger choice : passenger preference for schedule in the passenger origin-destination simulator (PODS)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This thesis examines how to model the choice of individual travelers among various possible travel alternatives in the airline industry. A review of the models used to represent that choice situation in the Passenger ...
Evaluation of coordinated and local ramp metering algorithm using microscopic traffic simulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Ramp meters are special traffic signals at the end of a freeway on-ramp that regulate the flow of traffic onto the mainline. The main purpose of ramp meters is to keep the mainline of the freeway from becoming overly ...