Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Contribution; 1.3 Organization of the Study; Chapter 2 An Overview: Technology Selection and Capacity Planning for Manufacturing Systems; 2.1 Characteristics of the Technology Selection and Capacity Expansion Problem; 2.2 Justification Approaches for Technology Selection; 2.2.1 Practical Approaches; 2.2.2 Modeling Approaches with Single Product
2.2.2.1 Multi-Region Models2.2.2.2 Models with Technology Improvement; 2.2.2.3 Models with Stochastic Demand; 2.2.3 Modeling Approaches with Two Products; 2.2.3.1 Models with Deterministic Demand; 2.2.3.2 Models with Stochastic Demand; 2.2.4. Modeling Approaches with Multi-Products; 2.2.4.1 Models with Deterministic Demand; 2.2.4.2 Models with Stochastic Demand; 2.3 Application in Technology Selection and Capacity Expansion; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3 Technology Choice and Capacity Expansion with Two Product Families: Tradeoffs Between Scale and Scope; 3.1 Literature Review
3.2 Capacity Planning Problem3.3 Initial Solution Procedure; 3.3.1 SMCP Approach; 3.3.2 SP Approach; 3.4 Improvement Heuristics and Lower Bound; 3.4.1 Improvement Heuristics; 3.4.2 Lower Bound; 3.5 Computational Results; 3.6 Summary and Extension; Chapter 4 Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem with Multiple Products: Technology Selection and Timing of Capacity Additions; 4.1 Related Literature; 4.2 The Capacity Expansion Problem (CP); 4.2.1 Heuristics for CP (Phase 1); 4.2.2 Improvement Heuristics (Phase 2); 4.3 Lower Bound and Optimal Solution to CP; 4.3.1 Aggregate Lower Bound(ALB)
4.3.2 Dual Lower Bound(DLB)4.3.3 An Integer Programming Formulation of CP (ICP); 4.4 Computational Results; 4.4.1 Discussion of Results; 4.4.2 Related Comments; 4.5 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Technology Choice with Stochastic Demands and Dynamic Capacity Allocation: A Two-ProductAnalysis; 5.1 Problem Motivation and Related Research; 5.2 An Investment Model for Technology Choice Problems with Two-Product Families; 5.3 Analysis of 1PCT(Xo). A Subproblem Related to TPCT; 5.4 A Solution Procedure For TPCT; 5.5 Conclusion Results; 5.6 Conclusions; Chapter 6 Conclusion; 6.1 Summary; 6.2 Future Research
