Risk-based decision-making support model for offshore dynamic positioning operations

Safety of dynamic positioning operations on mobile offshore drilling units

Model-Based Support for Information Technology Security Decision Making

Title of dissertation: MODEL-BASED SUPPORT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY DECISION MAKING Danielle Chrun, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Dissertation directed by: Associate Professor Michel Cukier Professor Ali Mosleh Reliability Engineering Program With the increase in the number and diversity of attacks, a main concern for organizations is to keep their network and systems secure. Existing f...

Decision Support for Real-Time, Dynamic Decision-Making Tasks

By deWnition, dynamic decision making dictates that multiple and interrelated decisions be made in a continuously changing environment. Such decision making is diYcult and often taxes individuals’ cognitive resources. Here I investigated ways in which to support decision making in these environments. I evaluated three forms of decision support: outcome feedback, cognitive feedback, and feedforw...

Making Decision Support System for Utilization of Biogas in Iran

The use of renewable energy sources is often suggested to be a good solution for climate change and the dependency to fossil fuel. Biogas utilization is a one of these promising options that can mitigate these problems since biogas is produced by the fermentation of waste, so is rich in methane and has the same characteristics as natural gas. Biogas has increasingly been noticed in different co...

Dynamic Decision Making for Less-than-truckload Trucking Operations

Title of Dissertation: DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING FOR LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD TRUCKING OPERATIONS Behrang Hejazi, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Directed By: Professor Ali Haghani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering On a typical day, more than 53 million tons of goods valued at about $36 million are moved on the US multimodal transportation network. An efficient freight transportation indust...