A transfer or progressive die process consists of multiple stations working simultaneously in each stroke. This paper aims to develop a new methodology that can decompose press tonnage signals to obtain individual station signals without using in-die sensors. In the paper, two different tonnage decomposition tests, as well as the associated data analysis algorithms, are developed. Statistical p...

We propose a method to maintain the continuiry of data transfer during W f f s in mobile network. The methodpelfonns e@ cient buffering of the data at the Base station using toggled buflers. The method has been tested on in-house wiredhvireless networks. The msult have showed e n o m u s improvement in the continuity of data tmnsfer during multiple handofs while running multime-dia applications...

The prevailing labor market models assume that minimum wages do not affect the labor supply schedule. We challenge this view in this paper by showing experimentally that minimum wages have significant and lasting effects on subjects’ reservation wages. The temporary introduction of a minimum wage leads to a rise in subjects’ reservation wages which persists even after the minimum wage has been ...

The concept of hypo-Euclidean norm for an n−tuple of vectors in inner product spaces is introduced. Its fundamental properties are established. Upper bounds via the BoasBellman [1]-[3] and Bombieri [2] type inequalities are provided. Applications for n−tuples of bounded linear operators defined on Hilbert spaces are also given.

This panel discusses the decline in the information systems field and argues that an emphasis on the major transformations enabled by technology will help rekindle interest and excitement about the technology. We will discuss a documentary on IT-enabled transformations that the Smith School at the University of Maryland is co-producing with Maryland Public Television for viewing on public telev...

Bike sharing systems consist of a fleet of bikes placed in a network of docking stations. These bikes can then be rented and returned to any of the docking stations after usage. Predicting unrealized bike demand at locations currently without bike stations is important for effectively designing and expanding bike sharing systems. We predict pairwise bike demand for New York City’s Citi Bike sys...

The present paper is a five-week content analysis of crime stories reported on television news. The sample consists of three nightly newscasts available on a rural, midwestern cable system. Included are nightly newscasts from a national network, a big city television station, and a small town channel. Findings from this exploratory study show that these three sources of television news differ s...

This issue contains six papers that were presented in preliminary form at the 5th Workshop on Algorithmic Methods and Models for Optimization of Railways (ATMOS 2005), held at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, October 7, 2005 in conjunction with ALGO 2005. These papers are representative of several areas of research within the scope of ATMOS: rolling stock circulation and engine assignment, station loc...

This work addresses the short-term scheduling of one of the most critical stages in the semiconductor industry, the automated wet-etch station (AWS). An efficient MILPbased computer-aided tool is developed in order to achieve a proper synchronization between the activities of sequential chemical and water baths and limited automated wafer’s lot transfer devices. The major goal is to find the op...