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Textbooks for courses in Spring 2020 semester

(Dec 18, 2019) Attention to students in ISE 4204 PPIC: "The Goal" (required textbook) required reading will begin the first day of class.

Course Textbook Note
ISE 2004
Intro to ISE
Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering (2014); Pearson Custom Library; ISBN 978-1269773577
Textbook is "Required."
ISE 2014
Eng. Economy
1. Engineering Economy (17th Ed., 2018) by Sullivan, Wicks, Koelling; Pearson; ISBN 978-01348700692.
2. 
MyLab Engineering (online access) (2014) by Sullivan, Wicks, Koeling; Pearson; ISBN 978-0133455342
Textbook is "Recommended," MyLab Engineering is "Required."
ISE 2034
Data Mgmt for ISEs
No Textbook in this course No Textbook
ISE 2214
Manuf Proc Lab
No textbook - Lab Manual will be available on Canvas No textbook
ISE 2404
DOR I
Introduction to Mathematical Programming: Operations Research (2002) by Winston and Venkataramanan; Cengage Learning; ISBN 978-1305283121
Textbook is "Required."
ISE 3004
Ind Cost Control
Introduction to Management Accounting (16th Ed., 2014) by Horngren, Sundem, Schatzberg, and Burgstahler; Pearson; ISBN 978-0133423839 (eText)
Textbook is "Required."
ISE 3424
Discrete-Event Sim
1. Simio and Simulation: Modeling, Analysis, Applications (4th Ed., 2017) by Jeffrey S. Smith, David T. Sturrock and W. David Kelton; Simio; ISBN 978-154-2933117
2. Simulation Modeling with SIMIO: A Workbook (4th Ed/. 2015) by Jeffrey A. Joines and Stephen Roberts; Simio; ISBN 978-1-51-9142207
Both books are "Recommended"
ISE 3614
Intro to HF
1. Designing for people: An introduction to human factors engineering (3rd Ed., 2017) by Lee, Wickens, Liu, Boyle; CreateSpace; ISBN 978-1539808008.
2. The design of everyday things (Revised and expanded edition, 2013) by Norman; Basic Books; ISBN 978-0465050659.
Both textbooks are "Required."
ISE 3424
Industrial Ergonomics
1. Occupational Ergonomics, Theory and Application (2nd Ed., 2002) by Bhattacharya, A., and McGlothling, J.D.; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1439819340
2. Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics (4th Ed., 2017) by Robert Bridger; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1498795944
3. Occupational Biomechanics (4th Ed., 2006) by Don B. Chaffin, Gunnar B. J. Andersson, Bernard J. Martin; Wiley-Interscience; ISBN 978-0471723431
4. Human Factors in Engineering and Design (7th+ Ed., 1993 or later) by Mark Sanders & Earnest McCormick; McGraw-Hill Education; ISBN 978-0070549012
5. Niebel's Methods, Standards, & Work Design (13th Ed., 2013) by Andris Freivalds and Benjamin Niebel; McGraw-Hill Education; ISBN 978-0073376363
All 5 books are "Recommended"
Course Textbook Note
ISE 4004
Theory of Organization
1. The Functions of the Executive (30th Ed., 1971) by Chester I. Barnard; Harvard University Press; ISBN 978-0674328037
2. A Very Short Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership (2nd Ed., 2011) by Brad Jackson and Ken Parry; Sage Publication; ISBN 978-1849207393
3. Project Leadership (2003) by Timothy Kloppenborg, Arthur Shriberg and Jayshree Venkatraman; Management Concepts; ISBN 978-1567261455
All 3 books are "Required"
ISE 4006
Proj Mgmt & Sys design II
No textbook information
No info
ISE 4214
Lean Manuf
1. Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just In Time (2012) by Mondan; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1439820971
2. LEAN THINKING: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation (2003) by Womack, and Jones; Free Press; ISBN 0-7432-49275
Both textbooks are "Required."
ISE 4264
Industrial Automation
1. Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control (4th Ed., 2017) by John Craig; Pearson; ISBN 978-0133489798
2. Industrial Automation and Robotics: An Introduction (2016) by A. K. Gupta, S. K., Arora; Mercury Learning and Information; ISBN 978-1938549304 
Both books are "Recommended"
ISE 4434
Supply Chain Engineering
Designing and Managing the Supply Chain (3rd Ed., 2007) by David Simchi-Levi; McGraw-Hill Education; ISBN 978-0073341521 Textbook is "Required"
ISE 4624
Work Physiology
No Textbook in this course No Textbook
ISE 4654
Principles of Industrial Hygiene
Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (6th Ed., 2012) by Plog and Quinlan; National Safety Council; ISBN 978-0879123123
Textbook is "Required."
ISE 4984
Additive Biomanufacturing
No textbook information No info
ISE 4984
HF in Transportation
No textbook No textbook
STAT 4105
Theoretical Stat
Probability (2017) by Leemis; Published by Lawrence Leemis (available via Amazon.com); ISBN 978-0982917473 Textbook is "Required"
Course Textbook Note
ISE 5016
Mgmt Change, Innov & Prf II
No Textbook in this course No Textbook
ISE 5044
Prod System Design
1. Factory Physics (2011) by Hopp and Spearman; Waveland; ISBN 978-1577667391
2. The Goal (2014) by Goldratt; North River Press; ISBN 978-0884271956
Book 1 is "Required," Book 2 is "Recoomended"
ISE 5114
Case Studies in IE
1. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't (2001) by Collins; HarperCollins; ISBN 978-0066620992
2. Beyond Reengineering: How the Process-Centered Organization is Changing our Work and our World (1997) by Hammer; Harper Business; ISBN 978-0887308802
3. Seeing What’s Next (2004) by Christensen; Harper Business; ISBN 978-1591391852
4. Enterprise Transformation: Understanding and Enabling Fundamental Change (2006) by Rouse; Wiley-Interscience; ISBN 978-0471736813 
All 4 textbooks are "Required."
ISE 5134
Mgmt Info Systems
Business Driven Technology (2020, 8th Ed) by Balzan; McGraw-Hill; ISBN 978-1260425246.
Textbook is "Required."
ISE 5174
Eng Prog and Proj Mgmt
1. The Complete Software Project Manager (2016) by Murray; Wiley; ISBN 978-1119161837
2. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge & Agile Practice Guide (2017, 6th Ed.) by Project Management Institute; Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute; ISBN 978-1628253825
Both textbooks are "Required."
ISE 5406
Optimization II
1. Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms (2006) by Bazaraa, Sherali, Shetty; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471486008
2. Numerical Optimization (2006) by Nocedal and Wright; Springer; ISBN 978-0387303031
Both e-books can be downloaded with VT account login; Book 1 is "Required" and Book 2 is "Optional"
ISE 5414
Random Processes
1. Stochastic Processes (2nd Ed., 1995) by Sheldon Ross; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471120629
2. An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling (4th Ed., 2010) by Mark Pinsky, Samuel Karlin; Elsevier; ISBN 978-0123814166
3. Modeling and Analysis of Stochastic Systems (3rd Ed., 2016) by Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1498756617
4. Introduction to Probability Models (12th Ed., 2019) by Sheldon Ross; Elsevier; ISBN 978-0128143469
5. Essentials of Stochastic Processes (2nd Ed., 2012) by Richard Durrett; Springer; ISBN 978-1461436140
6. Adventures in Stochastic Processes (2002) by Resnick, Sidney I.; Springer; ISBN 978-1461203872
Book 1 is "Required," Books 2 to 5 are "Recommended"
ISE 5454
Prod Plan & Control
No textbook No textbook
ISE 5615
HF Research  Design
Applied Linear Statistical Models (2004, 5th ed.) by Kutner,‎ Nachtsheim,‎ Neter and Li; McGraw-Hill/Irwin; ISBN 978-0073108742
Textbook is "Required"
ISE 5714
Usability Engineering
The UX Book: Agile UX Design for a quality user experience (2nd Ed., 2018) by Rex Hartson, Pardha Pyla; Elsevier; ISBN 978-0128053423 Textbook is "Required"
ISE 5984
Healthcare Systems Engineering
Delivering Health Care in America: A systems approach (7th Ed., 2017) by Leiyu Shi and Douglas A. Singh; Jones & Bartlett Learning; ISBN 978-1284124491 Textbook is "Required"
ISE 5984HF in Transportation
No Textbook No Textbook
ISE 5984
Psychosocial HF
Psychometrics: An Introduction (3rd Ed., 2017) by R. Michael Furr; SAGE Publications; ISBN 978-1506339863 Textbook is "Required"
Course Textbook Note
ENGR 5104
Applied Systems Engineering
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World (2000) by John D. Sterman; Irwin McGraw-Hill; ISBN 978-0072389159 Textbook is "Required"
ENGR 5204
Systems Eng Projects
1. Systems Engineering and Analysis (4th Ed., 2006) by Blanchard and Fabrycky; Prentice Hall; ISBN 978-0131869776
2. Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World (2000) by John D. Sterman; Irwin McGraw-Hill; ISBN 978-0072389159
3. Applied Space Systems Engineering (2nd Ed., 2018) by Larson, Kirkpatrick, Sellers, Thomas and Verma; Space Technology Series; ISBN 978-0990429999
All 3 books are "Recommended"
ISE 6414
Integer Programming
Integer Programming (2014) by Giacomo Zambelli, Gérard Cornuéjols, and Michele Conforti; Springer; ISBN 978-3319110080 Go to class first before buying this textbook
ISE 6434
Scheduling and Sequence Theory
1. Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and Systems (5th Ed., 2016) by Pinedo, M.; Springer; ISBN 978-3319265780
2. Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling (2009) by Baker, K. R. and Trietsch, D.; John Wiley and Sons; ISBN 978-0470391655
Book 1 is "Required"; Book 2 is "Recommended"
ISE 6464
Queueing Networks
1. Fundamentals of Queueing Networks: Performance, Asymptotics, and Optimization (2001) by Hong Chen, David Yao; Springer; ISBN 978-1475753011
2. Queueing Systems Vol I: Theory (1975) by Leonard Kleinrock; Wiley Interscience; ISBN 978-0471491101
3. Queueing Systems Vol II: Computer Application (1976) by Leonard Kleinrock; Wiley Interscience; ISBN 978-0471491118
4. Fundamentals of Queueing Theory (5th Ed., 2018) by Donald Gross, John F. Shortle, James M. Thompson, Carl M. Harris; Wiley Interscience; ISBN 978-1118943526
5. Stochastic Modeling and the Theory of Queues (1989) by Ronald Wolff; Prentice Hall; ISBN 978-0138466923
Book 1 is "Recommended"; Books 2 to 5 are "Optional."
ISE 6624
Adv Topics in Human Factors
No textbooks No textbooks
ISE 6984
Logistics
No textbooks No textbooks
ISE 6984
Cognitive Wrk & Task Analytics
Cognitive Work Analysis: Toward Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work (1999) by Kim J. Vicente; Lawrence Erlbaum; Taylor & Francis; ISBN 978-0805823974 Textbook is "Required"