Abstract: The cost of constructing and tooling a semiconductor facility, which is currently more than $1 billion, is expected to double by the year 2000, driving semiconductor chip manufacturers to adopt strategies to minimize cost ...

Abstract: Highway infrastructure management requires enabling computer tools to facilitate the decision-making process. A Decision Support System (DSS) for one of the nine districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia was developed ...

Abstract: Levels of Service for infrastructure systems should be defined in terms of both capacity (Level of Availability) and maintenance (Level of Operation). Levels of Service for a highway system consider capacity, but assume ...