USC Schedule of Classes

A combination of plant tours, laboratory experiences, and lecture are used to introduce the philosophy, subject matter, aims, goals, and techniques of industrial and systems engineering.

Techniques for handling uncertainties in engineering design: discrete and continuous random variables; expectations, probability distributions and transformations of random variables; limit theorems; approximations and applications. Prerequisite: MATH 126.

Sampling distributions; parameter estimation, hypothesis testing; analysis of variance; regression; nonparametric statistics.

Basic manufacturing processes including casting, machining, forming and welding; current trends in manufacturing processes including polymer, ceramic and composite material processing, and electronic device fabrication; introduction to numerical control and computer integrated manufacturing. Recommended preparation: MASC 110 or CHEM 105aL or CHEM 115aL

Facilities layout and design: material handling and transportation; site selection and sourcing; supply chain management.Prerequisites: ISE 330 and ISE 460.

Techniques for planning, budgeting, scheduling, obtaining resources, monitoring and control of projects in a corporate environment. Use of software to evaluate performance and assess risks. Prerequisite: ISE 225 and ISE 330.

Standardized methodology for problem solving, basic and advanced statistical tools for root cause identification and solution confirmation, key principles for quality management and organizational excellence. Prerequisite: ISE 225.

Introduction to linear programming; transportation and assignment problems; dynamic programming; integer programming; nonliner programming.

Stochastic processes; Markov chains; queueing theory and queueing decision models; probabilistic inventory models. Recommended preparation: ISE 330

Physiological systems and psychological characteristics; ergonomics; anthropometry; effects of the physical environment on humans; occupational safety and health; work methods.

Data models for industry applications. Modeling and designing robust databases. Implementing and querying databases with SQL. Innovations in database applications.

Production planning, forecasting, scheduling, and inventory; computer integrated decision systems in analysis and control of production systems. Prerequisite: ISE 330.

Quantitative aspects of statistical quality control (process control, acceptance sampling by attribute and by variable, rectifying inspection), quality assurance and the management of QC/QA functions.

Model design to simulate discrete event systems with basic input and output analysis using high order languages, applied to industrial systems analysis and design problems. Prerequisites: CSCI 101 and ISE 225.

Impact of technology on work and organizational design; effects of automation; design of improvement programs; information infrastructures; teams; individual behavioral outcomes. Upper division standing.

Utilizing principles of economic analysis for choice of engineering alternatives and engineering systems. Pre-tax and after-tax economy studies. Upper division standing.

Planning and implementation of engineering information systems that interface with a large database. Emphasis is placed on web-based data entry and retrieval. Prerequisite: CSCI 101 and DSO 435 or ISE 382.

Drivers and obstacles to the process of coordinating the flow of material/information along the logistics chain. Optimize the supply network, from raw materials to sales. Not available for major credit in Engineering except toward undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

a: Preparation and development of the senior project proposal. Not available for graduate credit. Senior standing in industrial and systems engineering. Prerequisites: ISE 225 and ISE 310 and IOM 435 or ISE 382.

Group work on an industrial engineering design problem in an organization. Not available for graduate credit. Senior standing in industrial and systems engineering. Prerequisites: ISE 435 and ISE 370 or ISE 470. Open only to Industrial and Systems Engineering majors.

Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in industrial and systems engineering and related fields.

Case based decision and statistical analysis. Framing engineering management situations with statistical methods. Experiments, regression, ANOVA, hypothesis, factor analysis. Open only to Fifth Year Seniors and Master???s Students.

Cost control, finance, and engineering economy for construction operations.

Improving operations, patient flow, quality and processes. Students will become familiar with methods for implementing change in health care settings such as hospitals or clinics.

Theories of management and their application to software projects. Economic analysis of software products and processes. Software cost and schedule estimation, planning and control.

Advanced concepts in production planning and scheduling including resource allocation, lot sizing, flow shop and job shop scheduling, workforce scheduling and assembly line balancing. Recommended preparation: prior knowledge of operations research and probability theory.

Applying industrial and systems engineering skills to problems drawn from industry, while working in teams of 3-4 students. Teach project management skills and provide direct experience in managing and executing a group project.

Planning data collection to investigate relationships between product/process design choices (materials, temperatures, etc.) and performance, empirical modeling to predict performance, identification of the best design choices. Recommended preparation: ISE 225

Principles of quality management, quality philosophies and frameworks, quality leadership and strategic planning, process management, and performance measurements.

Linear Programming, Integer Programming, Meta-heuristics and Multi-objective optimization. Recommended preparation: Calculus III, Linear Algebra and Computer Programming.

Linear programming models for resource allocation; simplex and revised simplex methods; duality; sensitivity; transportation problems; selected extensions to large scale, multiobjective, and special structured models.

Random variables, stochastic processes, birth-and-death processes, continuous and discrete time, Markov chains with finite and infinite number of states, renewal phenomenons, queueing systems.

Design and management of engineering teams. Group decision-making, motivation, leadership, infrastructure requirements, performance measurement, team diversity, conflict, and integration.

Principles and practices of technology development and implementation, with application to products and systems in manufacturing and services.

Function and design of modern storage systems, including cloud; data management techniques; data modeling; network attached storage, clusters and data centers; relational databases; the map-reduce paradigm. Recommended preparation: INF 550 taken previously or concurrently; understanding of operating systems, networks, and databases; experience with probability, statistics, and programming.

Stochastic system models, Dynamic programming, Linear quadratic control, Kalman filtering and estimation, System identification, approximate dynamic programming methods, adaptive control and online learning. Prerequisite: EE 503. Recommended preparation: EE 512 or EE 562 or ISE 538.

Explores fundamental techniques such as recursion, Fourier transform ordering, dynamic programming for efficient algorithm construction. Examples include arithmetic, algebraic, graph, pattern matching, sorting, searching algorithms.

Economic evaluations of engineering systems for both government and private industry; quantitative techniques for evaluating non-monetary consequences; formal treatment of risk and uncertainty. Prerequisite: ISE 500. Recommended preparation: An undergraduate course in engineering economy.

Concepts underlying the economic analysis of engineering projects; applications to call and put options; utility theory and mathematical optimizations models; and simulation. Recommended preparation ISE 220 or an equivalent course in probability.

Students will identify, formulate and resolve legal, financial and ethical issues affecting innovation in engineering organizations including legal structures, financing and intellectual property rights. Open only to graduate students.

Statistical methods for building intelligent and adaptive systems that improve performance from experiences; Focus on theoretical understanding of these methods and their computational implications. Recommended preparation: Undergraduate level training or coursework in linear algebra, multivariate calculus, basic probability and statistics; an undergraduate level course in Artificial Intelligence may be helpful but is not required.

Introduction to modeling and analysis of stochastic systems, with an emphasis on analytic methods for Markovian systems and discrete-event simulation of non-Markovian systems. Probability and statistics, including hypothesis testing and introductory computer programming.

The role of enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs) in an organization and the task of implementing and managing the IS function.

Research leading to the master's degree; maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis.

Credit on acceptance of Thesis.

Doctoral course in optimization, the foundation for subsequent courses in mathematical programming. For first-year Ph.D. students and M.S. students who intend to pursue a Ph.D. Recommended preparation: One year of calculus and one semester of linear and matrix algebra.

Current research, guest speakers in the field; review papers; guidance in preparing research proposals and special projects. Duplicates credit in the former ISE 650abc. Open only to Fifth Year Seniors and Master???s Students.

Fundamental techniques for design and analysis of algorithms. Dynamic programming; network flows; theory of NP-completeness; linear programming; approximation, randomized, and online algorithms; basic cryptography. Prerequisite: CSCI 570. Recommended preparation: familiarity with algorithms and discrete mathematics. Open only to doctoral students.

Standard techniques in the design and analysis of randomized algorithms and random structures. Topics include tail bounds, Markov Chains, VC-dimension, probabilistic method. Prerequisite: CSCI 570 or CSCI 670. Recommended preparation: Basic background in probability and linear algebra.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.