1.
Nutthapol Asadathorn. "Scheduling in Assembly Type
Job-Shops," A Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Industrial Engineering (defended
3/26/97, official graduation May 1997).
Chao, Xiuli
(Thesis Advisor).
2. Sathappan Venkatachalam. "A Concurrent Engineering Approach to
Defense Diversification: An Application for Small Electronics Manufacturers."
(completed Jan. 1995).
Reggie Caudill
3. Philip Thomas. "Cause and Effect Diagrams for Process Analysis
and Control."
December 1992.
4. Hasan Mentes " Impact of Office Automation on
Organizations," Spring 1990.
Thesis co-advised with Prof. Alfred Levinson (Thesis Advisor)
Supervisor for the following M.S. Projects at NJIT
5. Jude Christie Ryan. "Framework for the Design of a Logistic
Support System for Large Scale Project Management." May 1995.
6. Mike Delany. "A Quality Assurance Decision Support System for
Toothpaste Manufacturing Maintenance Planning Activities at SmithKline Bleechman Brands of
Clifton, NJ. Spring 1994.
7. Morris Hoover. "Effets of Correlated Data and Inspection Errors
on the Avegerage Run Length of Quality Control Charts." Spring 1993.
8. Daniel Otieno. "A DSS for Tourism Forecasting in Kenya."
December 1992.
9. Pauline Sucato "A Multidimensional Assigmment for Manpower
Scheduling for PathMark Suppermarket." December 1992.
10. Micheal Sarno. "Quality Cost Audit System for SmithKline
Bleechman Brands of Clifton, NJ. Spring 1991.
Co-supervisor for the following M.S. Projects at NJIT
11. Uzma Nacquii. "Framework for Quality Assurance Information
Management Systems." Spring 1990. Project co-advised with Professor Raj Mukerjee of
CIS.
12. Iyorke Deganus. "Role of Women in Appropriate Technology
Development in Ghana."
Spring 1990. Project co-advised with Professor Mariam Mills (Project Advisor).
Supervisor for the following M.S. Theses at Drexel University (prior to 1989)
13. Eric Yearwood. "A Microcomputer Based Decision Suport System
for Scheduling Preventive Maintenance in a Job Shop." Spring 1987.
Supervisor for the following M.S. Projects at Drexel University (prior to 1989)
14. Thomas Moore. "Framework for the Design of Engineering
Information System for GE Research Center in Philadelphia." Spring 1988.
15. Bruce Castury." Cost Comparison and Analysis of Preventive and
Overhall Maintenance for Naval Ship Boilers at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard."
Winter 1988.
16. Carvon Johnson. " A Simulation Model for Evaluating Investment
Alternatives and Productivity Policies of a Distribution Center." Spring 1988.
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Published Book Chapters
Wen Joseph and Sylla C., A Roadmap for the
Evaluation of Information Technology Investment," to appear in"Measuring
Information Technology Investment Payoff: Contemporary Approaches," edited by Mo
Adam Mahmood, 1996. (in press for 1997).
Published Refereed Journal Papers
Sylla, C., 1996. "Pairing Human and
Machine-Vision System in Industrial Inspection Tasks:
"Experimental Investigations," submitted for publication in IEEE Transactions
on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. tentatively accepted
Sylla, C.,1994. "A Subgradian-Based
Optimization for Water Resources Reservoir Systems Management," European Journal
of Operational Research, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 28 - 48.
Sylla, C. and Drury, C., 1995."Signal
Detection to Compensate Human Error in Industrial Inspection," Computers in Industry.
Vol. 26, pp. 147 - 159.
Sylla, C. 1994 "A Penalty-Based
Optimization for Water Resources Reservoir Systems Management," International Journal
Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 28,
No. 2, pp. 409 - 422.
Sylla, C., 1993. "Pairing Human and
Machine-Vision in Industrial Inspection Tasks," Control Engineering Practice,
Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 171 - 182.
Sylla, C., and B. Arinze, 1991 "Methodology
for Quality Precordination in Quality Assurance Information Systems," IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol.. 38, No. 3, pp. 245- 256.
Ramesh, R., and Sylla, C., 1991 " A
Framework for Instructor/Operator Station Design in Flight Simulators," IEEE
Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 571 - 581.
Ramesh, R., and Sylla, C., 1991 " A Model
for Instructor Training Analysis in the Optimal Design of the Instructor/Operator Station
in Flight Simulators," IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 20,
No. 5, pp. 1070 - 1081.
Sylla, C., and Toraskar, K, 1990 "
Standardization, Quality, and Interrelationships: Some Manufacturing Implications," Manufacturing
Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 6-15.
Sylla , C., Drury, C., and A.J.G. Babu, 1988
" A Human Factors Design Investigation of a Computerized Layout System of
Text-Graphic Technical Materials," Human Factors ,Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 347-358.
Published Referred Conference Papers
Sylla C., and Bartolacci, Micheal R., "A
Decision-Support Methodology for the Evaluation of ATM Technologies," to appear in
the Proceedings of 21st Annual Meetings of Computers & Industrial
Engineering Conference (Oct. 1997)
Sylla C., and Wen Joseph, "A Sequential
Approach for Information Technology Investment Evaluation," to appear in the Proceedings
of the 1996 Annual International Conference of the Association of Management,
August 1996, Toronto, Canada.
Sylla C., "Allocating Inspection Tasks
between Human and Computers," to appear in the Proceedings of the 1996
Annual International Conference of the Association of Management, August 1996,
Toronto, Canada.
Wen Joseph, Sylla C.," A Multimedia
Applications in Management," to appear in the Proceedings of the 1996
Annual International Conference of the Association of Management, August 1996,
Toronto, Canada.
Sylla C. and Thomas Phillip, "Diagnosis
Analysis with Characteristic Factors Diagrams for Troubleshooting Tasks in Quality
Control," 1995 Annual International Conference of the Association of Management,
Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 68 - 72.
Sylla C., and Joseph H. Wen, "The Empirical
Aspects of Quantitative Methods for Selecting Mutually Exclusive Alternatives," 1995
Annual International Conference of the Association of Management, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp.
174 - 181.
Baohua Qiao, Joseph H. Wen, and Sylla C.,
"Two-Step K-Means Cluster Analysis of a Musuem Marketing Survey Data," 1995
Annual International Conference of the Association of Management, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.
185 - 190.
Sylla, C., Ramesh, R., " A Decision Support
System for the Design Optimization of Multi-phase Trainer Instructor/Operator Station in
Flight Simulators," in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on
Information Systems, Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 1988, pp. 13-25.
Sylla, C, 1993. "Pairing Human and Machine
Vision in Industrial Inspection Task: Experimental Investigation," in Proceedings
of the 7th International Robotics and Factories of Future Conference, Newark, N.J. ,
August 18 - 21.
Thomas, P., and Sylla, C., 1993.
"Troubleshooting with Cause and Effect Diagrams," Proceedings of the 7th
International Robotics and Factories of Future Conference, Newark N.J August 18 - 21.
Sylla. C, 1993. "An Expert System for
Authoring Maintenance Procedures," in Proceedings of the 1993 Annual Meeting of
the Decision Sciences Institute, Vol. 2, pp. 635 - 639.
Sylla, C., 1992. "Framework for the
Modeling of Human and Machine-Vision Systems in Industrial Quality Control Tasks,"
7th Symposium of the International Federation on Automatic Control (IFAC)),
Toronto, Canada.
Sylla, C., 1991 "Understanding and
Evaluating the Environmental Costs of Manufacturing: The Industrial Management
Perspectives," Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering
Management, Portland, Oregon, pp. 81 - 86.
Arinze, B. and Sylla, C., 1990.
"Information Derivability Analysis for Quality Assurance Information Systems," Computers
and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 19, Nos. 1 - 4, pp. 249 - 253.
Banerjee, A., Sylla, C. and , Solinski, 1990.
"Input/Output Lot Sizing in Single Stage Batch Production Systems Under Constant
Demand," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 19, Nos. 1 - 4, pp. 37 -
41.
Sylla , C. and Ramesh, R., 1990 "Modeling
Instructor Training Preparation in Simulation Based Flight \Training," Computers
and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 19, Nos. 1 - 4, pp. 362 - 366.
Sylla, C., and Toraskar, K., 1989
"Standardization Methods in Process Control," in the Proceedingsof the 1989
International Industrial Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada, pp. 320-328.
Sylla, C., 1989. "Diagnosis Interval
Estimation in Process Analysis for Troubleshooting Tasks," Computers and
Industrial Engineering., Vol. 16, 4, PP. 323 - 330.
Burton, J., Banerjee, A., and Sylla, C., 1989.
"A Simulation Study of Sequencing and Maintenance Decisions in a Dynamic Job
Shop," Computers and Industrial Engineering., Vol. 16, 4, pp. 545 - 552.
Arinze, B. , Banerjee, S., and Sylla, C., 1989
" A Framework for Knowledge Based Decision Support for Facilities Layout Planning,
" Computers and Industrial Engineering., Vol. 16, 4, pp. 168 - 173.
Sylla and Colin Drury, 1989. " A Model to
Correct Inspection Errors in Single Sampling Plan," in the Proceedings of the
Decision Sciences Institute , Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 1988 , Vol. 1, pp. 122-125.
Sylla, C., and Ramesh, R., "A Structural
Framework for an Expert Authoring System," Robotics and Factories of The Future;
R. Radharamanan, Editor, Ed.,Springer-Verlag Publishers, London.,pp. 607 -616, 1987.
Sylla, C. 1988. "Quality Assurance Systems
Information Requirements Planning," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol.
15, pp. 310-317.
Sylla, C., Ramesh, R. and Braby, R., 1988.
"Design Optimization of Flight Simulator's Instructor /Operator Stations," Computers
and Industrial Engineering., Vol. 15, pp. 226-230.
Sylla, C., 1987. " Preventive Maintenance
Scheduling in Automated Factories," Robotics and Factories of The Future; B.,
Prasad, Ed.,Springer-Verlag Publishers, London., pp. 461-469.
Sylla, C. and A.J.G. Babu, 1987. "
Methodology for an ordered Quadratic Assignment Problem," Computers and Industrial
Engineering. Vol. 13, 5, pp. 281-284.
Sylla. C. and A.J.G .Babu, 1987. " Modeling
the Human Factors Aspects of Computer -Based Text Graphics Layout System," Computers
and Industrial Engineering., Vol. 13, 5, pp. 180-184.
Ramesh, R. and C. Sylla, 1987. " A graphic
Identification Procedure for An Expert Authoring System," in Computers and
Industrial Engineering., Vol. 13, 5, PP. 304 - 308.
Published Refereed Conference Abstracts
Sylla, C. "Application of Subgradient-based
Optimization for Reservoir Systems Management," 1991 Annual Meeting of North East
Decision Sciences Institutes, Boston, MA, April 1991.
Sylla, C. "Framework for the Design of
Quality Assurance Information Management System," 1991 Annual Meeting of North
East Decision Sciences Institutes, Boston, MA, April 1991.
Sylla, C. "Allocation of Resources to
Maximize Quality and Productivity." First International Conference of Production
and Operations Management, Washington DC, Oct. 1990.
Sylla, C., Uzma Nacqui and Raz Murthy. "A
Quality Assurance Information Management System," First International Conference
of Production and Operations Management, Washington DC, Oct. 1990.
Sylla, C. and Arinze , B., 1989. "Proposal
for a Quality Assurance Information System," in the Proceedings of the 1989
Conference of the Decision Science Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 20-23,
A Table Topics Discussion.
Sylla, C. and Ramesh, R., 1989. "A DSS for
Cost Benefit Analysis for the Instructor/Operator Station Design in Flight
Simulator," 1989 Annual Meeting of Decision Science Institute, San Diego,
California. A Table Topics Discussion.
Published Non-Refereed Journal Papers
Yearwood, E. D. and Sylla, C., "A
Microcomputer Based System for Scheduling Preventive and Repair Maintenance," RIT
Conference on Quality and Productivity, Jan. 1988.
Published Reports
Braby, R., Charles, J., Sylla, C. Ramesh, R.,
Willis, R., and Hunter, D. "Instructor Considerations in the Design of Optimal
Training Devices," A Research Report prepared for the US Army Research Institute,
Orlando Field Unit, 950 by Eagle Technology, Winter Park, FL 32789. 410 pages.
Sylla , C., and A.J.G. Babu, "Computer
Aided Layout of Procedure Information for Training and Job Aiding", TAEG Report No.
117, 1984, U.S. Naval Training Analysis and Evaluation Group, FL 32813. 240 pages.
Professional Presentations
Sylla, C. "Enterprise Logistics Planning
for Improving the Business Re-engineering Process." Invited Presentation at the
Northern New Jersey Chapter of APICS Dinner Meeting, Jan. 14, 1993.
Sylla, C. "Standardization, Quality, and
Interrelationships: the Role and Perspectives of Quality Managers," Invited
Presentation at the Northern New Jersey Chapter of APICS Dinner Meeting, May 1992.
Sylla, C. "Application of Subgradient-based
Optimization in Reservoir Systems Management," Annual Meeting of North East Decision
Sience , Boston, MA, April 1991.
Sylla, C. "Framework for the Design of
Quality Assurance Information Management System," Annual Meeting of North East
Decision Sience , Boston, MA, April 1991.
Sylla, C. "Allocation of Resources to
Maximize Quality and Productivity." First International Conference of Production and
Operations Management, Washington DC, Oct. 1990.
Sylla, C., Uzma Nacqui and Raj Mukerjee. "A
Quality Assurance Information Management System," First International Conference of
Production and Operations Management, Washington DC, Oct. 1990.
Sylla, C. and Ramesh, R. "A DSS for
Cost/Benefit Analysis for the Instructor/Operator Station Design in Flight
Simulator," 1989 Annual Meeting of Decision Science Institute, San Diego, California.
A Table Topics Discussion.
Sylla, C. "Quality Precoordination for
Quality Information System," SIM Seminar Series. Spring 91.
