New developments in marketing management support systems (MMSSs) have provided the marketer with a growing supply of tools that can enrich decision making. In this paper, we describe the concept of marketing engineering — an approach to solving marketing decision problems — popularized by Lilien and Rangaswamy [Lilien GL,Rangaswamy A. Marketing engineering: computer-assisted marketing analysis ...

In iterative schemes of identification and control one of the particular and important choices to make is the choice for a model uncertainty structure, capturing the uncertainty concerning the estimated plant model. This is typically done in some normbounded form, in order to guarantee robust stability and/or robust performance when redesigning the controller. Structures that are used in the re...

The Health and Safety Professionals Alliance (HaSPA ) Core Body of Knowledge for Generalist OHS Professionals was benchmarked against three other bodies of knowledge, the German Ergonomic Society’s Body of Knowledge Ergonomics ‐ Core Definition, Object Catalogue and Research Domains, the IEEE Computer Society Software Engineering Body of Knowledge and the Association of Schools of Public ...

Many continue to ask if Systems Engineering is really a discipline and does it have an underlying philosophy. This paper is an attempt to fill the gap in the literature on the philosophical drivers of systems engineering. In doing so, we discuss the philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, and their relationship to systems engineering. We also explore some topical issues relevant to thi...

The increasing complexity of manufacturing systems in highly competitive environments motivates the need for refinement of the design of manufacturing systems. The application of systems engineering is still undeveloped in some industries, but the potential benefits are substantial. However, there exists a chasm between the theory and practice of systems engineering applied to the design of man...

temporomandibular joint ankylosis causes limitation in mouth opening and establishes severe deformity and asymmetry in patient’s face, especially in children. surgery is the only treatment. this study was conducted to compare the effect of two surgical approaches, gap arthropasty and interpositional gap arthroplasty, on rate of maximum interincisal opening in temporomandibular joint ankylosis. ...

Measuring and Navigating the Gap Between FPGAs and ASICs Ian Carlos Kuon Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto 2008 Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have enjoyed increasing use due to their low non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs and their straightforward implementation process. However, it is recognized that they have high...