Manufacturing systems analysis

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

Prior exposure to probability (6.041 Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability or 18.05 Introduction to Probability and Statistics) and optimization, or permission of the instructor.

Gershwin, Stanley B. Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 9780135606087.

The Prentice Hall edition of this book is no longer in print. New copies can be obtained from the author. Please see the Manufacturing Systems Engineering website for details.

Students are required to complete a term project. Details are given on the Projects page. No other assignments are given or graded, although optional homework problems are suggested under Assignments. Class participation is also a component of your grade.

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