Readings

There will be no required textbook. Portions of the following books will be helpful.

Manufacturing Systems
Gershwin, S. Manufacturing Systems Analysis. Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 9780135606087. Viswanadham, N., and Y. Narahari. Performance Modeling of Automated Manufacturing Systems. Prentice Hall, 1992. ISBN: 9780136588245. Buzacott, J., and J. Shanthikumar. Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems. Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 9780138475673. Askin, R., and C. Standridge. Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems. Wiley, 1993. ISBN: 9780471514183. Tempelmeier, H., and H. Kuhn. Flexible Manufacturing Systems. Wiley, 1993. ISBN: 9780471307211. Papadopolous, H., C. Heavey, and J. Browne. Queueing Theory in Manufacturing Systems Analysis and Design. Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780412387203. Altiok, T. Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Systems. Springer, 1996. ISBN: 9780387947730. Hopp, W., and M. Spearman. Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 9780256154641. Li, Jingshan, and S. Meerkov. Production Systems Engineering. Springer, 2008. ISBN: 9781441945372. Goldratt, E., and J. Cox. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. 3rd ed. North River Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780884271789.

Probability
Drake, A. Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory. Mcgraw-Hill College, 1967. ISBN: 9780070178151.

Ross, S. Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists. John Wiley & Sons, 1987. ISBN: 9780471817529. Hillier, F., and G. Lieberman. Introduction to Stochastic Models in Operations Research. McGraw-Hill, 1990. ISBN: 9780079097668.

Queueing
Kleinrock, L. Queueing Systems, Volume 1: Theory. Wiley-Interscience, 1975. ISBN: 9780471491101. Chen, H., and D. Yao. Fundamentals of Queueing Networks. Springer, 2001. ISBN: 9780387951669.

Inventory
McLain, J., and L. Thomas. Operations Management: Production of Goods and Services. Prentice-Hall, 1985. ISBN: 9780136376200.

Statistics
Box, G., W. Hunter, and J. Hunter. Statistics for Experimenters: An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building. John Wiley & Sons, 1978. ISBN: 9780471093152. Pankratz, A. Forecasting with Dynamic Regression Models. WileyInterscience, 1991. ISBN: 9780471615286.

Optimization
Hillier, F., and G. Lieberman. Introduction to Mathematical Programming. McGraw-Hill, 1990. ISBN: 9780070289390. Luenberger, D. Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Programming. 2nd ed. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1973. ISBN: 9780201043471.

Simulation

Law, A., and D. Kelton. Simulation Modeling and Analysis. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 1999. ISBN: 9780070592926. Harrell, C. Simulation Using Promodel. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2003. ISBN: 9780072482638.

Overview of Mathematical Methods

Denardo, E. The Science of Decision Making. Wiley, 2001. ISBN: 9780471318279.