Engineering Analytics: Advances in Research and Applications
暫譯: 工程分析：研究與應用的進展

工程分析正逐漸成為每位工程師必備的技能。運籌學、模擬和機器學習等領域可以透過大量數據得到徹底的轉變。本書旨在介紹工程分析，幫助改善績效追蹤、資源優化的客戶細分、模式與分類策略，以及物流控制塔。

本書介紹了視覺分析、描述性分析、預測性分析、規範性分析及大數據等領域的基本方法。全書使用工業案例研究和示範問題來強化概念和應用。接著，本書涵蓋了視覺分析及其關係、從各個維度進行的模擬，以及從不同範式觀點探討的機器學習和人工智慧。

本書適合希望解決分析問題的專業人士、工程學學生、研究人員、首席技術官及在工業工程、計算機科學、統計學、電機工程、運籌學和大數據等領域工作的主管。

Luis Rabelo, Ph.D., was the NASA EPSCoR Agency Project Manager and currently a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida. He received dual degrees in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the Technological University of Panama and Master's degrees from the Florida Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering (1987) and the University of Missouri-Rolla in Engineering Management (1988). He received a Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1990, where he also did Post-Doctoral work in Nuclear Engineering in 1990-1991. In addition, he holds a dual MS degree in Systems Engineering & Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has over 280 publications, three international patents being utilized in the Aerospace Industry, and graduated 40 Master and 34 Doctoral students as advisor/Co-Advisor.

Edgar Gutierrez-Franco is Research Affiliate at the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) part of the MIT Global SCALE Network and a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Central Florida. He has experience in consultancy, retail, and beverage industry (LOGYCA, Falabella, and SABMiller in Latin America). Also, during his stay at the Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009-2010) he participated in projects of MIT CTL's in Supply Chain Innovation in Emerging Markets (city logistics) and Carbon-Efficient Supply Chains/Sustainability. His educational background includes a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of La Sabana (2004, Colombia). MSc. in Industrial Engineering, from the University of Los Andes (2008, Colombia) and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems from the University of Central Florida (USA). His expertise includes the use of machine learning, operation research, and simulation techniques for supply chain management, systems modeling and optimization.

Alfonso Sarmiento is an Associate Professor at the Program of Industrial Engineering, University of La Sabana, Colombia. He received his bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Lima, Perú. He earned a M.S. degree from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. He obtained his PhD in Industrial Engineering with emphasis in Simulation Modeling from the University of Central Florida. Prior to working in the academia, Dr. Sarmiento had more than 10 years' experience as a consultant in operations process improvement. His current research focuses on supply chain stabilization methods, hybrid simulation and reinforcement learning.

Christopher Mejía-Argueta is a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. He is director and founder of the MIT Food and Retail Operations Lab (FaROL) where he develops applied research to improve the performance of supply chains. He is also director of the MIT SCALE network for Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the MIT GCLOG program. He has more than 13 years of experience, he has solved logistical problems for more than 15 countries on four different continents. He is the editor and author of four books on supply chain management for emerging markets and has published dozens of industrial projects. He holds a PhD and a MSc from Monterrey Tech (Mex).

Luis Rabelo，博士，曾擔任NASA EPSCoR機構專案經理，目前是佛羅里達中央大學工業工程與管理系的教授。他在巴拿馬科技大學獲得電機工程和機械工程的雙學位，並在佛羅里達科技學院獲得電機工程碩士學位（1987年）和密蘇里大學羅拉分校獲得工程管理碩士學位（1988年）。他於1990年在密蘇里大學羅拉分校獲得工程管理博士學位，並於1990至1991年期間在該校進行核工程的博士後研究。此外，他還擁有麻省理工學院（MIT）系統工程與管理的雙碩士學位。他擁有超過280篇出版物，三項在航空航天產業中使用的國際專利，並作為指導教授/共同指導教授畢業了40名碩士生和34名博士生。

Edgar Gutierrez-Franco是麻省理工學院拉丁美洲物流創新中心（CLI）的研究夥伴，並在佛羅里達中央大學擔任博士後研究員。他在顧問、零售和飲料產業（如LOGYCA、Falabella和SABMiller在拉丁美洲）方面擁有經驗。此外，在麻省理工學院交通與物流中心（2009-2010年）期間，他參與了MIT CTL在新興市場的供應鏈創新（城市物流）和碳效率供應鏈/可持續性方面的項目。他的教育背景包括哥倫比亞拉薩巴納大學的工業工程學士學位（2004年），哥倫比亞安第斯大學的工業工程碩士學位（2008年），以及美國佛羅里達中央大學的工業工程與管理系博士學位。他的專業領域包括使用機器學習、運籌學和模擬技術進行供應鏈管理、系統建模和優化。

Alfonso Sarmiento是哥倫比亞拉薩巴納大學工業工程學程的副教授。他在秘魯利馬大學獲得工業工程學士學位，並在佛羅里達大學的工業與系統工程系獲得碩士學位。他在佛羅里達中央大學獲得工業工程博士學位，專注於模擬建模。在進入學術界之前，Sarmiento博士在運營流程改進方面擁有超過10年的顧問經驗。他目前的研究重點是供應鏈穩定化方法、混合模擬和強化學習。

Christopher Mejía-Argueta是麻省理工學院交通與物流中心的研究科學家。他是麻省理工學院食品與零售運營實驗室（FaROL）的主任和創始人，專注於開展應用研究以改善供應鏈的表現。他還是麻省理工學院拉丁美洲和加勒比地區SCALE網絡的主任，以及MIT GCLOG計劃的主任。他擁有超過13年的經驗，為四大洲的15個國家解決了物流問題。他是針對新興市場的供應鏈管理四本書的編輯和作者，並發表了數十個工業項目。他擁有來自蒙特雷科技大學（墨西哥）的博士和碩士學位。