This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Readings

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

Manufacturing Systems

Buy at Amazon Gershwin, S. Manufacturing Systems Analysis. Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 9780135606087.

Buy at Amazon Viswanadham, N., and Y. Narahari. Performance Modeling of Automated Manufacturing Systems. Prentice Hall, 1992. ISBN: 9780136588245.

Buy at Amazon Buzacott, J., and J. Shanthikumar. Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems. Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 9780138475673.

Buy at Amazon Askin, R., and C. Standridge. Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems. Wiley, 1993. ISBN: 9780471514183.

Buy at Amazon Tempelmeier, H., and H. Kuhn. Flexible Manufacturing Systems. Wiley, 1993. ISBN: 9780471307211.

Buy at Amazon Papadopolous, H., C. Heavey, and J. Browne. Queueing Theory in Manufacturing Systems Analysis and Design. Springer, 1993. ISBN: 9780412387203.

Buy at Amazon Altiok, T. Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Systems. Springer, 1996. ISBN: 9780387947730.

Buy at Amazon Hopp, W., and M. Spearman. Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 9780256154641.

Buy at Amazon Li, Jingshan, and S. Meerkov. Production Systems Engineering. Springer, 2008. ISBN: 9781441945372.

Buy at Amazon Goldratt, E., and J. Cox. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. 3rd ed. North River Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780884271789.

Probability

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

Buy at Amazon Ross, S. Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists. John Wiley & Sons, 1987. ISBN: 9780471817529.

Buy at Amazon Hillier, F., and G. Lieberman. Introduction to Stochastic Models in Operations Research. McGraw-Hill, 1990. ISBN: 9780079097668.

Queueing

Buy at Amazon Kleinrock, L. Queueing Systems, Volume 1: Theory. Wiley-Interscience, 1975. ISBN: 9780471491101.

Buy at Amazon Chen, H., and D. Yao. Fundamentals of Queueing Networks. Springer, 2001. ISBN: 9780387951669.

Inventory

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

Statistics

Buy at Amazon 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.

Buy at Amazon Pankratz, A. Forecasting with Dynamic Regression Models. Wiley-Interscience, 1991. ISBN: 9780471615286.

Optimization

Buy at Amazon Hillier, F., and G. Lieberman. Introduction to Mathematical Programming. McGraw-Hill, 1990. ISBN: 9780070289390.

Buy at Amazon Luenberger, D. Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Programming. 2nd ed. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1973. ISBN: 9780201043471.

Simulation

Buy at Amazon Law, A., and D. Kelton. Simulation Modeling and Analysis. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 1999. ISBN: 9780070592926.

Buy at Amazon Harrell, C. Simulation Using Promodel. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2003. ISBN: 9780072482638.

Overview of Mathematical Methods

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