Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

This volume contains contributions from prominent researchers who participated in the 2007 IAENG International Conference on Operations Research. Topics covered include quality management systems, reliability and quality control, engineering experimental design, computer supported collaborative engineering, human factors and ergonomics, computer aided manufacturing, manufacturing processes and methods, engineering management and leadership, optimization, transportation network design, stochastics modelling, queueing theory, and industrial applications. The book offers the states of arts of tremendous advances in communication systems and electrical engineering and also serve as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working with/on industrial engineering and operations research.