This thesis deals with developing and solving tactical inventory planning models for a supply chain that will enable the individual companies to determine their ordering policies efficiently under different conditions. The supply chain is modeled as a single warehouse supplying a product to...

Thanks to advances in computing power and speed, designers can now generate a wealth of data on demand to support engineering design and decision-making. Unfortunately, while the ability to generate and store new data continues to grow, methods and tools to support data exploration have evolved...

Trade space exploration is a promising decision-making paradigm that provides a visual and more intuitive means for formulating, adjusting, and ultimately solving design optimization problems. This is achieved by combining multi-dimensional data visualization techniques with visual steering...