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About the author
Nick T. Thomopoulos has degrees in business (B.S.) and in mathematics (M.A.) from the University of Illinois, and in industrial engineering (Ph.D.) from Illinois Institute of Technology. He was supervisor of operations research at International Harvester; senior scientist at IIT Research Institute; and is a professor emeritus at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of Humanism and Technology in Assembly Line Systems, Hayden Books; author of Applied Forecasting Methods, Prentice Hall; Inventory Management and Planning, Hitchcock Publishing Company; Fundamentals of Queuing Systems, Springer; Fundamentals of Production, Inventory and the Supply Chain, Atlantic; and Essentials of Monte Carlo Simulation, Springer. He has published numerous papers, and for many years he has consulted in a wide variety of industries in the United States, Europe and Asia. Nick has received honors over the years, such as the Rist Prize from the Military Operations Research Society for new developments in queuing theory; the Distinguished Professor Award in Bangkok, Thailand from the IIT Asian Alumni Association; and the Professional Achievement Award from the IIT Alumni Association.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Assembly Line Planning and Control
Authors: Nick T. Thomopoulos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01399-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01398-5Published: 24 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34824-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01399-2Published: 11 September 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 145
Number of Illustrations: 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes