Theses and Dissertations

The stamping process, of which the punching process is a major division, is one of the most important metal parts production methods in industry. Punching dies are the heart of the punching process. Die performance, as measured by the number of strokes between sharpenings and/or repairs, determines the important per part costs of die depletion and maintenance. Existing quantitative studies are principally on tool wear and punchability.

Because Shakespeare supposedly relied on his source, Parallel lives of the Greeks and Romans, in the translation by Sir Thomas North, more heavily than in any other of his plays, a study of the changes that Shakespear saw fit to make can provide insights into the play.

This hypothesis: a direct correlation exists between methods changes and related productivity changes in non machine-controlled work situations, appeared to be at the root of many problems in applied work measurement. Therefore, the author decided to conduct an objective, quantitative analysis of its validity.

The fundamental relationships among the design parameters of an information system and the utility of the information that a system produces are analyzed in an effort to develop a methodology for measuring the utility of information. The utility of the information is defined as a measure of the effectiveness with which the information can be employed to attain the objectives of the using organization.

This study is designed to focus attention on George Chapman's use of the comedy of humours.

In many Elizabethan plays there appear stage directions calling for various shops, tents, caves, and arbours. These direction, coupled with the astonishing repertorial rate of the Elizabethan companies, have led scholars to conclude that a special playing area for interior scenese was an integral part of the Elizabethan public stage.

The purpose of this research was to further the investigation into GERT output distributions. From the family of GERT networks containing only Exclusive-Or nodes, a generally applicable network form was chosen for simulation. A generalized computer program was written to simulate any specific network of this form.

Twentieth century criticism of Sir John Falstaff can be divided rather neatly into classes or schools of opinion. A. C. Bradley and the Romantics lead the charge into the new era by insisting that Maurice Morgann was right all along, and that Sir John is not a coward. The Romantics like Falstaff so well that they contend he is actually the hero of the drama. Shakespeare himself loses control as Sir John struts about the stage, and Shakespeare never convinces us tha tSir John is rejectable.

The solutions to the problems of production forecasting, scheduling, and in-process inventory control for high volume multi-product manufacturing lines are not readily available in current industrial literature. This study proposes simulation as a general approach to solving these problems and proceeds to develop a simulator which is applied to just such a high volume line.

The building industry is perhaps the most fragmented large industrial complex in the country today. Consumers are expressing needs for faster delivery for more functional and sophisticated space at more reasonalble prices. At the same time, the industry in itself is faced with growing internal problems which are making it increasingly more difficult to perform even as well as in the past. This study investigates the area of utility sub-systems in the building industry.

Utilizing CRAFT an optimum plant layout with regard to all products manufactured can be realized. In addition, two manufacturing policies; related to production and inventory control, will be investigated with respect to the effect of said policies on plant layout.

The Reformation of 1517 produced three major Christian influences in Europe: medival Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvanism.

Computational efficiencies of the primal-dual algorithm and the uv-method in solving transportation problems are compared in this thesis. A computer program was written in Fortran IV and run on the CDC 6400 system; it generated random problems with integer constants ranging in the size from 5X10 to 30 X 50, and solved them by both methods.

This is a result of an initial investigation to simplify feedback controllers for stochastic processes. The investigation concerns itself with incrimental control as opposed to proportional control.

This paper concerns itself with quantification of the intangible factors in Product Design Decisions where there is one very big supplier with one very big customer and a unique product. The product design is represented as a state diagram, or curve, with Time as one axis and Product or Material State as the other. Industry affects the product design curve with various levels of decisions. This paper describes four of these levels and investigates a case in which three levels are involved.

A simulation program is presented that develops a risk profile of the intended investment. The risk profile is essentially a return on investment probability analysis developed from the estimated distributions of costs, service life and savings of the intended investment in a computer based, on-line system.

In establishing the extent and importance of Machiavelli's influence on Christopher Marlowe it is necessary to accept the fact that only credible deductions can be offered as evidence that Marlow came directly under the inspriation of Machiavelli's works. The attempt to establish a direct cause-effect relationship between Machiavelli's writings and subsequent political events or literary examples, is analogous to trying to pinpoint the exact measure of influence Sigmund Freud's theory of personality has wrought on our 20th century culture.

This study attempts to analyze the degree of transmutation which John Webster's borrowed material in The Duchess of Malfi undergoes. It attempts to illustrate the changes Webster made in the lines and phrases which he took from six different writers and to show how he successfully integrates these passages into the poetry of his play.

An investigation of the feasibility of applying linear programming to assembly line balancing problems is presented. Salveson and Bowman developed the mathematical models.

The moral tone of Shakespeare's Coriolanus is disturbingly ambivalent. At one and the same time in numerous scenes and incidents Shakespeare presents dual opposing impressions of the protangonist and his society.

The Elizabethan mystique is a body of doctrine that is both political and religious in character. In its political aspect the mystique assumes the form of royalism, for the prince is the center of the national life. In its religious aspect the mystique assumes the form of Protestantism. This Protestant doctrine demands that the gospel be properly proclaimed within a given common wealth.

The plays of Christopher Marlowe reveal little evidence that he was the athiest that he was often accused of being.

The Renaissance paramount political theme of educating a ruler has generally been recognized as the main concern of the Henry IV plays. The widely established theory, propounded notably by Mr. Dover Wilson and Dr. Tillyard, has been that the education continues through thetwo plays Henry IV and that of the two requisites of ideal kingship (Chivalry and Justice), Prince Hall attains the first in Part One and the second in Part Two.

The subject considered in this paper is the temporal relationship of data flow through an information system and how this flow may be described by a mathematical model.