Browsing UW Milwaukee Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Author "Xiang Fang"
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A Biofuel Supply Chain Equilibrium Analysis with Subsidy Consideration
Hamzeh Bajgiran, Amirsaman (2018-12-01)Growing environmental concerns in the last few decades along with the energy security issues have led governments to take actions to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and enhance renewable energy usage, including ... -
Essays on Fake Review Detection, Managerial Response, and Consumer Perceptions
Chen, Long (2021-08-01)This dissertation investigates how online reviews and managerial responses jointly affect consumer perceptions. I first examine and compare the outcomes of multiple fake review classifiers using various algorithms, including ... -
Heuristic Algorithms to Minimize Total Weighted Tardiness on the Single Machine and Identical Parallel Machines with Sequence Dependent Setup and Future Ready Time
Xi, Yue (2013-05-01)This study generates heuristic algorithms to minimize the total weighted tardiness on the single machine and identical parallel machines with sequence dependent setup and future ready time. Due to the complexity of the ... -
Production Scheduling in Integrated Steel Manufacturing
Li, Wanxi (2014-08-01)Steel manufacturing is both energy and capital intensive, and it includes multiple production stages, such as iron-making, steelmaking, and rolling. This dissertation investigates the order schedule coordination problem ... -
Production Systems with Deteriorating Product Quality : System-Theoretic Approach
Naebulharam, Raed Ahmad (2014-05-01)Manufacturing systems with perishable products are widely seen in practice (e.g., food, metal processing, etc.). In such systems, the quality of a part is highly dependent on its residence time within the system. However, ... -
Supply Chain Contracting in the Presence of Supply Uncertainty and Store Brand Competition
Cao, Xinyan (2018-08-01)In today's complex business environment, manufacturers are striving to maintain a competitive advantage over their supply chain partners. Manufacturers' profitability is tightly linked to their strategic interactions with ... -
Three Essays on Artificial Intelligence in Business and Healthcare
Liu, Zongxi (2023-08-01)The big data era has provided researchers with challenges and opportunities for data-centric research. On the one hand, recent developments in AI technology have allowed advanced techniques to process text/image/audio/video ... -
Two Essays on Decision Models in Supply Chains with Horizontal and Vertical Competitions
Xiao, Xiao (2023-05-01)Horizontal competition and cooperation among enterprises and vertical interaction and collaboration among supply chain members are both popular research topics in operations management. Many studies have been conducted to ... -
Two Essays on Distribution, Fulfillment and Pricing Decisions for Retailers with E-Commerce Channel
Pichka, Khosro (2019-11-01)E-commerce has grown rapidly in the past decade. In 2015, e-commerce was accounted for 7.2 percent of all retail sales in the U.S., which is massively higher than 0.2 percent in 1998 (U.S. Department of Commerce 2017). ...