 |
Best CDs of 2011 List has now
been compiled
link
- February 2012.
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I will be making a seminar presentation
at Texas A&M, College Station, TX on February 20, 2012
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The paper
"Safety Constraints Applied to an Adaptive Bayesian Condition-Based
Maintenance Optimization Model" (by Roger Flage, David Coit, James
Luxhoj & Terje Aven)
was accepted for publication in Reliability Engineering & System
Safety - January 2012
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from July to September 2011. They include:
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Two papers have recently been accepted
for publication in journals - December 2011
 |
"Data
Survivability vs. Security in Information Systems" (by Gregory Levitin,
Kjell Hausken, Heidi Taboada, David Coit) in Reliability Engineering
& System Safety |
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"A New
Multiple Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Reliability Optimization
of Series-Parallel Systems" (by Heidi Taboada & David Coit) in
International Journal of Evolutionary Computation |
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Fatema Baheranwala (Rutgers MSIE, 2005)
was awarded the
Jos Bruggink Thesis Award at Vrije University, The
Netherlands, for the best thesis
in Environment & Resource Management -
November 2011 Congratulations
Fatema !!
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The INFORMS conference was held in
Charlotte, NC on November 13 to 16, 2011. The following presentations
were made:
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"System
Reliability Analysis and Preventive Maintenance for Dependent
Component Failure Processes" (by Sanling Song,
David Coit, Qianmei Feng & Hao Peng)
presented by Sanling Song |
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"Reliability Importance Measures for Continuum System Structure with
Correlated Degrading Components" (by Jingrui Li, Khalifa
Al-Khalifa, David Coit, Elsayed Elsayed, A.M.S. Hammuda & Xiao Liu)
presented by Jingrui Li |
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“Availability Modeling of Systems with Dependent Failure Modes” (by
Xiao Liu, Khalifa Al-Khalifa, David Coit, Elsayed Elsayed, A.M.S.
Hammuda & Jingrui Li) presented by Xiao Liu |
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“A Joint
Optimal Burn-in and Replacement Policy for n-Subpopulations
subject to Stochastic Degradation” (by
Yisha Xiang, David Coit & Qianmei Feng)
presented by Yisha Xiang |
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"Electricity Generation Expansion Planning Considering Smart Grid
Technologies as Investment Options" (by Hatice Tekiner-Mogulkoc, David Coit
& Frank Felder) presented by Hatice Tekiner-Mogulkoc |
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"Optimization-based Approach to Select an Efficient Scenarios for
Generation Expansion Planning" (by Hatice Tekiner-Mogulkoc, Frank
Felder & David Coit) presented by David Coit |
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"Reliability
Modeling for Ultra-thin Gate Dielectric Subjected to Logistic
Degradation Processes with Random Onset Time" (by
Hao Peng, David Coit & Qianmei Feng)
presented by Hao Peng |
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I presented a seminar at Iowa State University, Ames, IA on
Wednesday, October 26, 2011. |
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University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP),
with Prof. Heidi Taboada as the principal investigator, and partner
universities have been awarded a new $3.2 million grant from U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Co-principal investigators include Prof. Jose
Espiritu (UTEP) and Prof. Tongdan Jin (Texas State University) -
all Rutgers ISE PhD graduates!!!
El Paso
Times
and
UTEP Press
Release - October 2011 |
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I presented a seminar at
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT),
Bangkok, Thailand on September 20, 2011.
|
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I attended the IEEE International
Conference on Quality & Reliability (ICQR) in Bangkok,
Thailand in September 2011. The following papers were presented at the
conference:
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"System Reliability Optimization with Constrained k-out-of-n
Redundancies" (by Tipwimon (Ying) Sooktip, Naruemon Wattanapongsakorn & David
Coit) presented by Ying Sooktip |
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"Multiple Objective System Reliability Post-Pareto
Optimality Using Self Organizing Trees" (by Oswaldo Aguirre, Heidi
Taboada, David Coit & Naruemon Wattanapongsakorn) presented by David
Coit |
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Jayson Kolb
presented his MS thesis proposal,
titled "Determination of Exact and Approximate Continuous Hazard
Functions Using Stress-Strength Interference Theory Models"
on August 31,
2011. |
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The following papers have been written
and submitted to journals during Summer 2011:
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"Reliability Analysis
for Multi-Component Systems Subject to Multiple Dependent Competing
Failure Processes," by Sanling Song, David Coit, Qianmei Feng & Hao Peng |
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"n Subpopulations experiencing
Stochastic Degradation: Reliability Modeling, Burn-in and Preventive
Maintenance Optimization," by Yisha Xiang, David Coit & Qianmei Feng |
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"Reliability and Maintenance
Modeling for Dependent Competing Failure Processes with Shifting Failure
Thresholds," by Lei Jiang, Qianmei
Feng & David Coit |
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Industrial Engineer magazine has
published an article describing the research of Prof. Jose
Ramirez-Marquez (Stevens Institute of Technology)
link
- August 2011.
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The paper
"Component Reliability Criticality or Importance Metrics for Systems
with Degrading Components" (by Hao Peng, David Coit and Qianmei Feng)
was accepted for publication in
IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- July 2011.
|
|
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from April to June 2011. They include:
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I presented three academic seminars in China during June 2011. I presented seminars at:
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Zhongshan
University (Sun Yat-Sen University), Guangzhou, China on June 15, 2011 |
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Beihang
University, Beijing, China on June 23, 2011 |
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Peking University, Beijing, China
on June 24, 2011 |
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I attended the 7th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in
Reliability (MMR 2011) in Beijing, China in June 2011. The
following papers were presented at the conference:
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"Reliability Estimation & Preventive Maintenance for Complex
Multi-Component Systems Subject to Multiple Dependent Competing Failure
Processes" (by Sanling Song, David Coit, Hao Peng & Qianmei Feng)
presented by David Coit |
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"A Step-Stress
Accelerated Degradation Model With Multiple Stress Covariates" (by Peng
Wang & David Coit) presented by Peng Wang |
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I attended the
International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance &
Safety Engineering (ICQR2MSE 2011) in Xi'an, China in
June 2011. The following papers were presented at the conference:
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"Reliability Modeling of a Series
System with Correlated or Dependent Component Degradation Processes"
(by Jingrui Li, David Coit & Elsayed Elsayed)
presented by David Coit
|
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"Optimal Burn-in for n Subpopulations
with Stochastic Degradation" (by Yisha Xiang, David Coit & Qianmei Feng)
presented by Yisha Xiang |
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"Reliability Analysis for Dependent
Failure Processes and Dependent Failure Threshold" (by Lei Jiang, Qianmei
Feng & David Coit) presented by David Coit |
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In late May & early June, 2011, I traveled to Doha,
Qatar with Rutgers colleagues to visit Qatar University and work on the
Rutgers/Qatar University collaborative research project "Optimum
Condition-Based Maintenance Schedules."
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I presented
the talk “Repairable systems reliability modeling, trend tests and
replacement analysis” at the University-Industry Workshop on Quality
and Reliability Engineering, June 2, 2011, Doha, Qatar. |
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from January to March 2011. They include:
|
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Scott Koshman successfully defended his MS thesis titled "Flexible Modeling
& Simulating Mission Availability
Within the Operational Framework for Canadian Naval Platforms" on
April 14, 2011.
Congratulations
Scott !!
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I participated as a committee member
via video-conference for the successful PhD proposal defense of Prashanti Boddu
(adviser: Dr. Liudong Xing) at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth on
April 14, 2011.Congratulations
Prashanti !!
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Sharareh Taghipour (adviser: Dr. Andrew Jardine)
successfully defended her PhD dissertation "Reliability and Maintenance
of Medical Devices" at University of Toronto on April 11, 2011. I traveled to
Toronto, Canada to participate as an external examiner and to serve as a
PhD committee member.
Congratulations
Sharareh !!
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I presented a seminar at Penn State University, State College, PA on
Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
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I presented a seminar at
Auburn University, Auburn, AL on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
link
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from October to December 2010. They include:
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#3 - "Multi-Objective
Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial," Abdullah Konak,
David Coit & Alice Smith, Reliability Engineering & System Safety,
vol. 91, no. 9, September 2006. 120 citations
already! |
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#13 - "A
two-stage approach for multi-objective decision making with applications
to system reliability optimization," Zhaojun Li, Haitao Liao & David
Coit, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 94, no. 10,
October 2009 |
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Pakorn Leesutthipornchai (adviser:
Naruemon Wattanapongsakorn)
successfully defended his PhD dissertation "Multi-Objective
Grooming, Routing & Wavelength Assignment using Genetic Algorithm" at
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok,
Thailand
on February 1, 2011. I served on the dissertation committee and
participated via video-conference.
Congratulations
Pete !!
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I attended
the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium
(RAMS) in Orlando, FL on January 24 to 27, 2011, and presented the paper
"System Reliability Models with Stress Covariates for Changing Load
Profiles" by Akira Hada, David Coit, Mark Agnello & Keith Megow.
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I attended the NSF/CMMI Research &
Innovation Conference in Atlanta, GA on January 4 to 7, 2011. May Feng
and I had a conference paper and poster presentation describing our
recent research accomplishments funded by NSF.
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Akira Hada
presented his MS thesis proposal,
titled "System Reliability & Maintenance Modeling with Changing &
Uncertain Future Stress Profiles"
on December 15,
2010.
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The paper
"System Reliability Optimization
Considering Uncertainty: Minimization of the Coefficient of Variation
for Series-Parallel Systems" by Hatice Tekiner & David Coit was
accepted for publication
to
IEEE Transactions on Reliability - December 2010. |
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Industrial Engineer magazine has
published an article describing my reliability research with May Feng &
Hao Peng
link -
December 2010.
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Rhode Island
Governor-elect Lincoln Chafee has selected Janet Coit as top Rhode
Island environmental official
link
- December 2010.
|
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Scott Koshman presented his MS thesis
proposal titled "Flexible Modeling and Simulating Mission Availability
Within the Operational Framework for Canadian Naval Platforms" on
November 29, 2010.
|
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Hao Peng (adviser: Qianmei Feng)
successfully defended her PhD dissertation "Integrated Quality and
Reliability Methodology for Complex Systems Subject to Multiple Failure
Processes" at the University of Houston on November 23, 2010. I
traveled to Houston, TX to participate.
Congratulations
Hao !!
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The INFORMS conference was held in
Austin, TX on November 7 to 11, 2010. The following presentations were
made:
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“Reliability and Maintenance of MEMS Subject to Multiple Dependent
Competing Failure Processes” (by Hao Peng, Qianmei Feng, David Coit)
presented by May Feng |
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“Component
Reliability Criticality or Importance Metrics for Systems with
Degrading Components” (by Hao Peng, David Coit, Qianmei Feng)
presented by Hao Peng |
|
"Electric
Power System Generation Expansion Planning Problems Considering
Risk" (by Hatice Tekiner, David Coit, Frank Felder) presented
by David Coit |
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I presented a seminar at
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday, October 6, 2010.
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I presented a seminar at the
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA on Thursday,
September 30, 2010. |
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from April to June 2010. They include:
|
#4 - "Multi-Objective
Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial," Abdullah Konak,
David Coit & Alice Smith, Reliability Engineering & System Safety,
vol. 91, no. 9, September 2006. 75 citations
already! |
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#19 - "A
two-stage approach for multi-objective decision making with applications
to system reliability optimization," Zhaojun Li, Haitao Liao & David
Coit, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 94, no. 10,
October 2009 |
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The paper
"Reliability Allocation
for Series-Parallel Systems Using a Column Generation Approach" by
Leila Zia & David Coit was
accepted for publication
to
IEEE Transactions on Reliability - July 2010.
Thanks for your efforts Leila!
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I presented three academic seminars in Thailand during June 2010. I presented seminars at:
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King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok,
Thailand
on June 10, 2010
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University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), Bangkok,
Thailand
on June 15, 2010
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Sirindannhorn International Institute of
Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Nonthaburi, Thailand on June 17,
2010
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I was working and living in Bangkok,
Thailand during May and June 2010. I co-taught the class
"System Reliability & Multi-Objective Optimization Design" at
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) with Prof.
Naruemon Wattanapongsakorn
- June 2010.
Thanks for everything Yui!
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Rutgers University (PIs: Elsayed Elsayed,
David Coit) and Qatar University
(PI: Abdelmagid Hammuda) have been awarded the grant "Optimum
Condition-Based Maintenance Schedules" from the Qatar National Research
Fund (QNRF) - June 2010.
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Roger
Flage defended his PhD (advisor: Terje Aven) at the University of
Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway on June 10, 2010. Roger's visits to Rutgers must
not have harmed him too much.
Congratulations
Roger!!
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The Industrial Engineering Research
Conference (IERC)
was held June 6 to 9, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. I did not attend, but the following
papers were presented:
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Component-based Predictive Maintenance Modeling for Multi-state Systems
(by Xiaodao Ye & David Coit), presented by Xiaodao Ye |
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Nano-structures
and nano-systems: Evaluation of current reliability practices and future
recommendations (by David Coit, Qianmei Feng & Elsayed Elsayed), presented by
Elsayed Elsayed |
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from January to March 2010. They include:
|
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Dr. Hatice Tekiner was awarded a
doctorate degree on May 16, 2010 at the Rutgers University convocation
!! - May 2010.
Congratulations
Hatice !!
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The paper
"Multi-period Multi-objective
Electricity Generation Expansion Planning Problem with Monte Carlo
Simulation" by Hatice Tekiner, David Coit & Frank Felder was
accepted for publication
to
Electric Power Systems Research - May 2010. |
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David Coit (Rutgers) and Qianmei Feng (University
of Houston) have been awarded a new three-year NSF grant,
"Integrated Modeling and Optimization of Manufacturing Variability and
Product Reliability for Advanced/Evolving Technologies" from the
National Science Foundation (NSF/CMII/MES) - April 2010.
|
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Prof. Jose Ramirez-Marquez has been
promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure at Stevens Institute
of Technology.
Congratulations
Jose !!
|
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The paper "Reliability and
Maintenance Modeling for Systems Subject to Multiple Dependent Competing
Failure Processes"
by Hao Peng, Qianmei Feng & David Coit has been accepted for
publication in
IIE Transactions. Congratulations
May & Hao !!
- April 2010. |
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Hatice Tekiner successfully defended her
PhD dissertation,
"Multi-Objective
Stochastic Models for Electricity Generation Expansion Planning Problems
Considering Risk,"
on April 1, 2010 !!
Congratulations
Hatice !!
She has accepted a faculty position to join the Industrial
Engineering Department at Istanbul Sehir University, Instanbul, Turkey,
starting Fall 2010.
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Prof.
Naruemon Wattanapongsakorn of
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok,
Thailand, has been awarded a visiting professor grant that will fund me to
travel to Thailand in June 2010 to work on collaborative research
projects and to teach a class - March 2010.
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The paper
"Component-based Predictive Maintenance Modeling for Multi-state
Systems" by Xiaodao Ye & David Coit,
has been accepted for the 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference
(IERC) to be held June 2010, in Cancun, Mexico
|
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The paper
"Safety Constraints Applied to an
Adaptive Bayesian Condition-Based Maintenance Optimization Model" (by
Roger Flage, David Coit, James Luxhoj & Terje Aven) was
submitted to
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
- March 2010.
|
|
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from October to December 2009. They include:
|
#3 - "Multi-Objective
Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial," Abdullah Konak,
David Coit & Alice Smith, Reliability Engineering & System Safety,
vol. 91, no. 9, September 2006. 54 citations
already! |
|
#16 - "A
generic method for estimating system reliability using Bayesian
networks," Ozge Doguc & Jose Ramirez-Marquez, Reliability Engineering
& System Safety, vol. 94, no. 2, February 2009. |
|
#25 - "A
two-stage approach for multi-objective decision making with applications
to system reliability optimization," Zhaojun Li, Haitao Liao & David
Coit, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 94, no. 10,
October 2009 |
|
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The paper
"An Efficient Multi-state
Multi-valued Decision Diagram-Based Approach for Multi-state System
Sensitivity Analysis" (by Akhilesh Shrestha, Liudong Xing & David Coit) has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on
Reliability.
Congratulations
Akhilesh & Liudong!!
- February 2010.
|
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The paper "Reliability Optimization of
Series-Parallel Systems Using a Genetic Algorithm" (David Coit & Alice
Smith, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, vol. 45, no. 2, June
1996) now has the second
most citations in the 45 year history of the IEEE Transactions on
Reliability journal (177 citations) - January 2010.
|
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The paper "A Degradation-Based Model
for Joint Optimization of Burn-in, Quality Inspection & Maintenance: A
Light Display Device Application"
(by Qianmei Feng, Hao Peng & David Coit) has been accepted for
publication in International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology. Congratulations
May & Hao !!
- January 2010.
|
|
Best CDs of 2009 List has now
been compiled
link
- January 2010.
|
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The paper "A Neural Network Applied
to Estimate Burr XII Distribution Parameters"
(by Babak Abbasi, S. Hosseinifard & David Coit) has been accepted for
publication in Reliability Engineering & System Safety
- January 2010.
|
|
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from July to September 2009. They include:
|
#2 - "A
two-stage approach for multi-objective decision making with applications
to system reliability optimization," Zhaojun Li, Haitao Liao & David
Coit, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 94, no. 10,
October 2009 |
|
#3 - "Multi-Objective
Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial," Abdullah Konak,
David Coit & Alice Smith, Reliability Engineering & System Safety,
vol. 91, no. 9, September 2006. 42 citations
already! |
|
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David Coit & Hatice Tekiner attended
the 3rd Annual Trans-Atlantic Infraday Conference on Applied
Infrastructure Modeling and Policy Analysis in Washington DC on 13
November 2009.
|
Hatice presented the paper "Effects of Smart Grid
Technologies on Generation Expansion Plans" (by Tekiner, Coit & Felder).
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David Coit is
President of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Operations
Research (OR) Division for 2009-2010.
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The paper
“Reliability and Maintenance Modeling for Systems Subjected to Multiple
Dependent Competing Failure Processes” (by Hao Peng, Qianmei Feng and
Dave Coit) was submitted to IIE Transactions in August 2009.
|
|
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from April to June 2009. They include:
|
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Rutgers
University & Alion Science and Technology have been awarded a grant
"Development of Reliability Models to Support the Recovery Gear Service
Life Analysis Program" (Principal Investigator: David Coit) from the
U.S. Naval Air Engineering Station (NAVAIR/NAES).
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The
ICRMS conference
was held on July 21 to July 25, 2009 in Chengdu, China. I was not there,
but I wish I was! The
following papers were presented:
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Review &
Comparison of System Reliability Optimization Algorithms Considering
Reliability Estimation Uncertainty (by David Coit, Tongdan Jin &
Hatice Tekiner), presented by Dr. Tongdan Jin |
|
Multi-state
Component Importance Analysis using Multi-state Multi-valued Decision
Diagrams (by Akhilesh Shrestha, Liudong Xing & David Coit), presented by Dr. Liudong Xing |
|
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The paper "Data
Survivability vs. Security in Information Systems," by Gregory Levitin,
Kjell Hausken, Heidi Taboada & David Coit, was recently completed
and submitted to
IEEE Transactions on
Reliability special issue on reliability and risk assessment of
complex systems.
|
|
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from January to March 2009. They include:
|
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Rutgers ISE undergraduate student Kevin
Tang has been selected as a Rutgers Energy Discovery Summer Fellow to
work on the project "Using Linear Programming to Solve the Single Period
Multi-objective Power Generation Expansion Planning Problem." Faculty
advisers for the project are Frank Felder & David Coit.
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The
IERC conference
was held on May 31 to June 3, 2009 in Miami, FL. The following
papers were presented:
|
Reliability
Modeling for MEMS Devices Subjected to Multiple Dependent Competing
Failure Processes (by Hao Peng, Qianmei Feng & David Coit), presented by Hao
Peng |
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Solving the
Single-period Multi-objective Power Generation Expansion Planning
Problem (by Hatice Tekiner, David Coit & Frank Felder), presented by Hatice Tekiner |
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Ms. Hatice Tekiner
successfully presented her PhD proposal on May 12, 2009. The title of her PhD
proposal is "Multi-Objective Stochastic Models for Electricity
Generation Expansion Planning Problems Considering Risk."
Congratulations
Hatice !!
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David Coit, Hatice
Tekiner and Frank Felder presented a talk titled "Modeling Trade-offs
between Costs, Reliability & Air Emissions for Data Centers" at the
Rutgers
Workshop on Green Computing on May 4, 2009.
|
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The Rutgers
Industrial & Systems Engineering department is ranked
#19 in the USA in the industrial/manufacturing engineering category
according to the US News and World Report (USNWR) rankings for 2009.
|
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from October to December 2008. They include:
|
#4 - "Multi-Objective
Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial," Abdullah Konak,
David Coit & Alice Smith, Reliability Engineering & System Safety,
vol. 91, no. 9, September 2006. |
|
#13 - "A
generic method for estimating system reliability using Bayesian
networks," Ozge Doguc & Jose Ramirez-Marquez, Reliability Engineering
& System Safety, vol. 94, no. 2, February 2009. |
|
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The paper "A Decision Analytic Approach
for Technology Portfolio Prioritization: Aviation Safety Applications"
(by Varun Sharma, David Coit, Ahmet Oztekin & James Luxhøj) has been
accepted for publication in Journal of Risk Research. Good job
Varun !!
|
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The paper "Neural Network Models to
Anticipate Failures of Airport Ground Transportation Vehicle Doors" (by Alice Smith, David Coit & YC Liang) has been accepted for publication in
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE)
|
|
Best CDs of 2008 List has now been
compiled
link
|
|
The paper
"A Two-stage Approach for Multi-objective Decision Making with
Applications to System Reliability Optimization" (by Zhaojun Li, Haitao
Liao & David Coit)
has been accepted for publication in
Reliability
Engineering & System Safety.
|
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I attended the 2009 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium
(RAMS) in Ft. Worth, TX from January 26 to 29, 2009. I was awarded the
Alan O. Plait Tutorial Excellence Award for the best tutorial presented
at the previous RAMS. The award winning tutorial was
titled "Probabilistic Models and Statistical Methods in Reliability."
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A special issue of the
Journal for Risk & Reliability has been published featuring extended
versions of the best papers from ESREL 2007.
The paper "Design
Allocation of Multi-state Series-Parallel Systems for Power Systems
Planning: A Multiple Objective Evolutionary Approach," by Heidi Taboada,
Jose Espiritu & David Coit is included. An online version of the journal
is available here
link
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Hatice Tekiner gave two
presentations at the INFORMS conference, October 12 to 15, 2008,
Washington DC. The presentations are:
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Multi-objective Power Generation Expansion Planning Problem with Monte
Carlo Simulation (by Frank Felder, Hatice Tekiner & David Coit), Sunday, Oct. 12 |
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System
Reliability Optimization with Uncertainty: Minimization of a Coefficient
of Variation Measure (by Hatice Tekiner & David Coit), Sunday, Oct. 12 |
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The paper
"Component Replacement Models for Electricity Distribution Systems" (by
Jose Espiritu & David Coit)
has been accepted for publication in
The Engineering
Economist.
Good job Jose!!
|
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The paper
"Simultaneous Quality and
Reliability Optimization for Micro-engines Subject to Degradation" (by
Hao Peng, Qianmei Feng & David Coit) has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on
Reliability.
Congratulations
May!!
|
|
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from April to June 2008. They include:
|
#2 - "A
Heuristic for Solving the Redundancy Allocation Problem for Multistate
Series-Parallel Systems," Jose Ramirez-Marquez & David Coit,
Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 83, no. 3, March 2004. |
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#19 -
"Reliability analysis of cluster-based ad-hoc networks," Jason Cook & Jose
Ramirez-Marquez, Reliability Engineering
& System Safety, vol. 93, no. 10, October
2008. |
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I taught a reliability workshop, sponsored by the
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), held at Beihang University, Beijing,
China, during July 7 to 18, 2008 (other instructors were Min Xie, Ming Zuo & Gregory Levitin)
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I presented a seminar at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China on July 10, 2008
|
|
Best CDs of 2007 List has now been
compiled
link |
|
I attended the Applied
Reliability Symposium (ARS) from June 17 to 20, 2008 in Reno, NV, and
presented a talk titled "Reliability Importance Measures Considering
User-Specific Applications & Uncertainty" |
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I traveled to Edmonton, Alberta
on June 5 & 6, 2008 to participate as part of the PhD dissertation
committee for Wei Li at the University of Alberta, and to present a seminar.
Great
Job Wei!! Congratulations! |
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David Coit attended the
Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) in Vancouver,
Canada in May 2008. He was a member of the organizing committee and
co-chair of the IERC Operations Research Track, and co-authored
five papers in the
conference proceedings (written by excellent former and current graduate
students!) |
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The paper
"Unbiased Variance Estimates for System
Reliability Estimate Using Block Decompositions" (by Tongdan Jin & David
Coit) has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on
Reliability. |
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The paper "Design
Allocation of Multi-state Series-Parallel Systems for Power Systems
Planning: A Multiple Objective Evolutionary Approach" (by Taboada,
Espiritu & Coit) has been accepted in the Journal of Risk & Reliability.
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I presented a 4-hour tutorial
"Probabilistic Models and Statistical Methods in Reliability" at the
2008 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) on January
28, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV.
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David Coit traveled to Thailand in
November 2007. He presented seminars at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok,
on November 8, and at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok on November 9. He also presented two papers at the International
Conference on Quality & Reliability (ICQR 5), Chiang Mai.
Thanks Yui!
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Reliability Engineering & System Safety
has listed their 25
hottest
papers (most downloaded) from July to September 2007. They include:
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#13 - "Optimization of System
Reliability in the Presence of Common Cause Failures," Jose
Ramirez-Marquez & David Coit, Reliability Engineering & System Safety,
Vol. 92, No. 10, October 2007. |
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#15 - "Multi-Objective
Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial," Abdullah Konak,
David Coit & Alice Smith, Reliability Engineering & System Safety,
vol. 91, no. 9, September 2006. |
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#17 - "Multi-state Component
Criticality Analysis for Reliability Improvement in Multi-state
Systems," Jose Ramirez-Marquez & David Coit, Reliability Engineering
& System Safety, Vol. 92, No. 12, December 2007. |
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Jose Espiritu defended his PhD dissertation, System Reliability
Estimation & Component Replacement Analysis for Electricity Transmission
& Distribution Systems, on Thursday, July
19, 2007. He
has
accepted a job as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial
Engineering at University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) starting Fall 2007 -
congratulations!!
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I traveled to Stavanger, Norway in June 2007 to present two papers at
the European Safety & Reliability Conference (ESREL).
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Heidi Taboada defended her PhD
dissertation, Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms Considering
Objective Preferences & Solution Clusters, on April 25, 2007.
She has accepted a job as an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Industrial Engineering at University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) starting
Fall 2007-
congratulations!!
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The paper "Practical Solutions for
Multi-Objective Optimization: An Application to System Reliability
Design Problems," by Heidi Taboada, Fatema Baheranwala, David Coit & Naruemon Wattanapongsakorn, is the #1
hottest paper (most downloaded) from October to December
2006 in the journal Reliability Engineering & System Safety
link.
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The paper "Multi-Objective
Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: A Tutorial," by Abdullah Konak,
David Coit & Alice Smith, is the #1
hottest
paper (most downloaded) from July to September
2006 in the journal Reliability Engineering & System Safety
link
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