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An Optimal Running Policy for Buffered Continuous Production Processes Subject to Random Breakdown.- On the Greedy Algorithm for Stochastic Optimization Problems.- Using Markov Decision Processes to Optimize a Nonlinear Functional of the Final Distribution, with Manufacturing Applications.- Stochastic Petri Net Model of an Ethernet-Based Manufacturing System.- Games of Production Development in Manufacturing.- Voting Procedure on Stopping Games of Markov Chain.- Risk and Return Analysis of a Multi-period Strategic Planning Problem.- Input/Output Backlog Control and Dynamic Capacity Planning in Versatile Manufacturing Companies.- Algorithms for Allocating Resources to Multi-stage Pharmaceutical Research Projects.- An Optimal Selection Problem on a Partially Observable Markov Chain.- Generalizing the Secretary Problem with Rank-dependent Rejection Probability.- Performance Evaluation of Nonparametric Age Replacement Methods — Survey and Comparison —.- Replacement Policies for a Shock Model with Two Kinds of Damage.- Stochastic Maintenance Modelling of High-tech Steel Production Plant.- An Optimal Maintenance Policy for a Deteriorating Server of an M/G/1 Queueing System.- Growth and Innovation through Reliability Testing.- Optimal Times of Burn-In Tests for Multilevel Assembly Lines.- Markovian Software Availability Modeling for Performance Evaluation.- Software Reliability Growth Models for Discrete and Incomplete Testing.- Zero-Failure Software Reliability Demonstration Testing Based on Kullback-Leibler Information.- A Study on Architectures of RAID Level 4 DiskArrays.- Simulation as a Means of Solving the Buffer Capacity Problem for Flow Line Production.- Inventory Control for Price Differentiable Products with No Carrying Over.- A Construction of SQC IntelligenceSystem for Quick Registration and Retrieval Library – A Visualized SQC Report for Technical Wealth –.- On the Network Size for Neuro-based Stock Option Forecasting System: Experimental Evaluation.- Latent Structures of Goodness-of-invention.- Factor Analysis for Selected Observations.