SIMULATION OF COMBINED DISCRETE/CONTINUOUS PROCESSES by Paul Inigo Barton‚ M.Eng‚ A.C.G.I. May 1992 A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of London and for the Diploma of Membership of the Imperial College Department of Chemical Engineering Imperial College of Science‚ Technology and Medicine London SW7 2BY To Amy 2 Abstract Currently available dynamic simulation packages are mainly suitable for the continuous simulation of large industrial
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OPM 321 Extra Credit Book Report “The Goal: A process of ongoing Improvement” By Eliyah M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox The Goal‚ written by Eliyah Goldratt and Jeff Cox‚ is a 40-chapter book. It is a novel that tells that story of a businessman that is in charge of a plant. This book is more like a business textbook‚ but is very interesting and easy to understand because is written as a story. As an operation management student‚ I think this is a very educative book‚ because it gives you
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The process of operations strategy – substitutes for strategy? (Week 9) Lecture aims This lecture is a little different from the other lectures in the book. It deals with a number of ‘new’ approaches to the management of operations that are often seen as operations strategies‚ but are not actually strategies in themselves. Six of the more important ‘new’ approaches are treated in this lecture‚ namely‚ Total Quality Management‚ lean operations‚ Business Process Reengineering‚ Enterprise Resource
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The OODA Loop & HEMA This is not a reworking or rewording of any historical master’s writings‚ nor some kind of new Rosetta Stone‚ there is nothing new under the sun and to think otherwise is a fallacy [1]. This short paper simply describes the decision making process that all combatants make; the feedback cycle between decision-maker and the environment‚ how we can use this model as a tool to aid and improve our actions in the fight and in scholarly interpretations. The OODA Loop touches upon
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Closed loop control is a theory of motor control that involves an executive‚ comparator‚ and effector components. The steps in the closed loop schematic diagram starts off with the input (stimuli) which then goes through info processing. the info processing is the executive stage and within this stage there are three different process that occur. The first process is the Stimulus identification‚ which identifies what it is. Then after is the response selection and then follows the response programming
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Strategy formulation process The success of an organisation in an increasingly competitive environment is dependent on the strategy which will differentiate an organisation from its competitors. In this context it is useful to consider strategy formulation as part of a strategic management process that comprises three phases: diagnosis‚ formulation and implementation. Strategic management is an ongoing process to develop and revise in future oriented strategies that allow an organisation to achieve
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A Continuous Improvement process is an incremental and ongoing approach to improve products‚ processes or services. These efforts generally seek to achieve incremental improvement over time or try to achieve breakthough improvement as an immediate result. Delivery processes are constantly evaluated and improved to increase their efficiency and effectiveness. W.Edwards Deming‚ a poineer in the field of quality saw it as part of the system whereby feedback from the customer is taken and evaluated against
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Continuous Assessment is an on-going process of gathering and interpreting information about students’ learning that you use to make decisions about what to teach‚ how to teach and how well students have learned. Basic characteristics of Continuous Assessments include the following; * It is an on-going process * It comprises of a variety of assessment methods * It gives timely feedback * Its aligned with curriculum and * Its collaborative with students. Some differences between
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change my belief about learning. (100 words). Question 3: My beliefs about effective teaching and learning strategies? (250 words ) What are some effective teaching and learning strategies? (125 words ) How have the classes and the research change my beliefs about teaching and learning strategies? (125 words ). Teaching is one of the most noble profession. It is an ongoing process that brings about change in behavior through learning. The quality of teaching is believed to be the ingredient
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+ Continuous Improvement + Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) n It is an ongoing effort to improve products‚ services‚ or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. n W. Edward Deming‚ a pioneer of the field‚ saw it as part of the ’system’ whereby feedback from the process and customer were evaluated against organizational goals. + How to develop a culture of Continuous Improvement: n
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