Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ININ 4016. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ININ 4077.
The fundamental of safety engineering, accident
analysis and prevention, and accident cost
determination; analysis of the accident problem in
Puerto Rico. Emphasis is placed on the
development of a philosophy of safety.
ININ 4017. COMPUTER-BASED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites:
INGE 3016.
Analysis and design of computer-based
information systems; database logical and physical
models; database language; user interface; Internet;
common applications to industrial engineering.
ININ 4018. SYSTEMS SIMULATION WITH
DIGITAL COMPUTERS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
ININ 4022.
Modeling the interrelationship between systems
components by means of computer programs;
generation of random variables using computers;
special purpose simulation languages. Input and
output analysis. Emphasis is placed in problem
solving using modern simulation packages.
ININ 4020. APPLIED INDUSTRIAL
STATISTICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisites: ININ 4010 and
MATE 3063 or MATE 3185.
Application of advanced statistical concepts in
engineering. Joint probability functions, goodness
of fit test, regression analysis, multicolinearity,
design and analysis of industrial experiments.
Emphasis of the use of statistical computer
packages and their use in engineering.
ININ 4021. DETERMINISTIC MODELS IN
OPERATIONS RESEARCH. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
ININ 4010.
Formulation and solution of linear programming
problems: the Simplex method, duality and
sensitivity analysis; transportation problems;
Critical Path Method (CPM) and Program
Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT); integer
programming problems: branch and bound;
linearization of non-linear objective functions;
shortest route and maximum flow algorithms.
ININ 4022. PROBABILISTIC MODELS IN
OPERATIONS RESEARCH. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
ININ 4020.
Simulation techniques; queuing theory; application
to industrial systems problems.
ININ 4027. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF
ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTS. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ININ 4020.
Fundamental principles in the design and analysis
of engineering experiments: randomized blocks,
latin squares, split plots, factorial experiments,
fractional factorials; confounding and response
surface methodology.
ININ 4029. HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN WORK
ORGANIZATIONS. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: ININ
4077.
Cognitive theories and behavioral principles which
attempt to explain, predict, and control individual
and group behavior in work organizations.
ININ 4035. HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: ININ 4077.
Selection, training, utilization and control of human
resources. Optimum systems designs.
ININ 4039. PRODUCTION PLANNING AND
CONTROL I. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisites: ININ 4020 and
ININ 4021. Co-requisite: ININ 4015.
Analysis and design of production-inventory
systems: Forecasting (Multiple regression and time
series analysis), aggregate production planning,
master production schedule, inventory systems and
their models, project control. Computer
applications in these areas.
ININ 4040. FACILITY LAYOUT AND DESIGN.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one
two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ININ
4009 and ININ 4039. Co-requisite: ININ 4015.
Planning facility layout and materials handling
systems. Analytical and computerized solution of
problems in the design of physical facilities.
306 Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005