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Textbooks for courses in Spring 2022 semester

Updated on December 8, 2021

Course Textbook
ISE 2004
Intro to ISE
No textbook: materials will be on CANVAS
ISE 2014
Engineering Economy

1. Engineering Economy (17th Ed., 2018) by Sullivan, Wicks, Koelling; Pearson; ISBN 978-0134870069 (hard copy), 978-0134838137 (loose leaf), REQUIRED

2. MyLab Engineering (online access) (2019) by Sullivan, Wicks, Koeling; Pearson; ISBN 978-0134870694, Recommended

ISE 2024
Probability Foundations for ISE

1. Probability (2nd Ed., 2017) by Lawrence Leemis; ISBN 978-0982917473; REQUIRED

2. Learning Base R (2015) by Lawrence Leemis; ISBN 978-0982917480; Recommended

3. Little Book of Probability (2nd Ed., 2012) by Bruce Schmeiser and Michael Taaffe; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; ISBN 978-1452882925; Recommended

ISE 2034
Data Mgmt for ISEs
No textbook
ISE 2214
Manuf Proc Lab
No textbook: Lab Manual will be available on CANVAS
ISE 2404
DOR I
Introduction to Mathematical Programming (2014, Custom for VT) by Winston and Venkataramanan; Cengage Learning; ISBN 978-1305283121, REQUIRED
Course Textbook
ISE 3004
Ind Cost Control

1. MyLab Accounting (online access) by Horngren, Schatzberg, Burgstahler, Sundem; Pearson; REQUIRED

ISBN for: MyLab Accounting access only (no textbook) 978-0133059243; with eText 978-0133059229; with Student Value loose-leaf edition 978-0133059762; with hardcover 978-0133059748.

2. Introduction to Management Accounting (16th Ed., 2014) by Horngren, Schatzberg, Burgstahler, Sundem; Pearson; Recommended

ISBN for: eText 978-0133423839; Student Value loose-leaf edition 978-0133058819; Hardcover 978-0133058789.

ISE 3034
Technical Communication for Engineers
Technical Communication (12th Ed., 2017) by Mike Markel, Stuart A. Selber; Bedford/St. Martin's Publisher; ISBN 978-1319058616; REQUIRED
ISE 3424
Discrete-Event Computer Simulation

1. Simulation with Arena (6th Ed. 2015) by W. David Kelton, Randall P. Sadowski, David T. Sturrock; McGraw-Hill Education; ISBN 978-0072919813; Recommended

2. Discrete-Event System Simulation (5th Ed., 2010) by Jerry Banks, John Carson II, Barry Nelson, and David Nicol; Pearson; ISBN 978-0136062127; Recommended

ISE 3614
Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics

1. Designing for people: An introduction to human factors engineering (3rd Ed., 2017) by Lee, Wickens, Liu, Boyle; CreateSpace; ISBN 978-1539808008; REQUIRED

2. The design of everyday things (Revised and expanded edition, 2013) by Norman; Basic Books; ISBN 978-0465050659; REQUIRED

ISE 3624
Industrial Ergonomics
No textbook: materials will be available on CANVAS
Course Textbook
ISE 4006
Proj Mgmt & Sys design II
No textbook
ISE 4204
PPIC

1. Production and Operations Analysis (8th Ed., 2021) by Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen; Waveland Press; ISBN 978-1478639268; Recommended.

2. The Goal (30th Ed., 2014) by Eliyahu Goldratt, Jeff Cox; North River Press, Inc.; ISBN 978-0884271956; REQUIRED

ISE 4264
Industrial Automation
Robot Modeling and Control (2006) by M. W. Spong, S. Hutchinson, and M. Vidyasagar; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471649908; REQUIRED
ISE 4304
Global Issues in Industrial Mgmt
Global Issues in Industrial Management (custom textbook) by N. Ghaffarzadegan; McGraw Hill Education Create; REQUIRED

ISBN 978-1307669527 for Student eBook version; read Textbook Information & Student eBook Registration Instructions for how to buy and access the eBook.

ISBN 978-1307669503 for Student book print (black & white) version. Contact VT University Bookstore to order.
ISE 4654
Principles of Industrial Hygiene
No textbook
ISE 4804
System Dynamics Modeling of Industrial Systems
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World (2000) by John D. Sterman; McGraw-Hill; ISBN 978-0072389159; REQUIRED
ISE 4984
Biomanufacturing Processes (by Johnson)
No textbook
ISE 4984
Human Factors in Transportation (by Klauer)
No textbook
ISE 4984
Machine Learning (by Yue)
No textbook: materials will be available on CANVAS
ISE 4984
Indus Anlytes for Complx Sys (by Kong)

1. Sensors and Control Systems in Manufacturing (2nd Ed., 2009) by S. Soloman; McGraw Hill; ISBN 978-0071605724; Recommended

2. The Elements of Statistical Learning (2nd Ed, 2009) by T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, and J. Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-1071621226; Recommended

Course Textbook
ISE 5016
Mgmt Change, Innov & Prf II
No Textbook
ISE 5044
Prod Sysm Design

1. Factory Physics (3rd Ed., 2011) by Hopp and Spearman; Waveland; ISBN 978-1577667391; an alternative book is fine (published in 2007 by McGraw Hill/Irwin, ISBN 978-0072824032); REQUIRED

2. The Goal (2014) by Eliyahu Goldratt, and Jeff Cox; North River Press; ISBN 978-0884271956; Recommended

ISE 5134
Mgmt Info Systems
Business Driven Technology (8th Ed., 2019) by Balzan; McGraw-Hill; ISBN 978-1260425246 (hardcover), 978-1260548105 (paperback), or 978-1260924473 (eBook); REQUIRED
ISE 5244
Fac Plan & Matl Handling
Facilities Planning (4th Ed., 2011) by James A. Tompkins, John A. White, Yavuz A. Bozer, J. M. A. Tanchoco; Wiley; ISBN 978-0470444047; Recommended
ISE 5406
Optimization II
Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms (3rd Ed., 2006) by Bazaraa, Sherali, Shetty; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471486008; REQUIRED
ISE 5414
Random Processes

1. Stochastic Processes (2nd Ed., 1995) by Sheldon Ross; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471120629; REQUIRED.

2. An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling (4th Ed., 2010) by Mark Pinsky, Samuel Karlin; Elsevier; ISBN 978-0123814166; Recommended.

3. Modeling and Analysis of Stochastic Systems (3rd Ed., 2016) by Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1498756617; Recommended.

4. Introduction to Probability Models (12th Ed., 2019) by Sheldon Ross; Elsevier; ISBN 978-0128143469; Recommended.

5. Essentials of Stochastic Processes (2nd Ed., 2012) by Richard Durrett; Springer; ISBN 978-1461436140; Recommended.

6. Adventures in Stochastic Processes (2002) by Sidney I. Resnick; Springer; ISBN 978-1461203872; Recommended.

ISE 5454
Prod Plan & Control
No textbook
ISE 5624
HF Research  Design
Applied Linear Statistical Models (2005, 5th ed.) by Kutner,‎ Nachtsheim,‎ Neter and Li; McGraw-Hill/Irwin; ISBN 978-0073108742; Recommended
ISE 5644
Human Aud & Aud Disp Des
The Noise Manual (5th, 2003) by Elliott H. Berger, Larry H. Royster, Julia D. Royster, Dennis P. Driscoll, and Marty Layne; American Industrial Hygiene Association; ISBN 978-1931504027; REQUIRED
ISE 5804
Fundamentals of SE
Systems Engineering and Analysis (5th Ed., 2011) by Benjamin S. Blanchard and Wolter J. Fabrycky; Prentice Hall; ISBN 978-0-13-221735; REQUIRED
ISE 5854
Mission Engineering I
NO TEXTBOOK: Instructor will provide an electronic copy of the materials required for this course, which comes from books used as well as journal articles.
Course Textbook
ISE 5984
Machine Learning (by Yue)
No textbook: materials will be on CANVAS
ISE 5984
Data Analytics & Stochs Optm (by Xie)

1. Introductory lectures on convex optimization: a basic course. V 87 (2003) by Yurii Nesterow; Springer Science & Business Media; ISBN 978-1402075537; Recommended.

2. Lectures on Stochastic Programming: Modeling and Theory (2021) by Alexander Shapiro, Darinka Dentcheva, & Andrzej Ruszczyuski; Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Optimization Society; ISBN 978-1611976595; Recommended

ISE 5984
Human Factors in Trans (by Klauer)
No textbook
ISE 5984
Biomanufacturing Processes (by Johnson)
No textbook
ISE 5984
Stat Learning and Data Sci (by Tsui)
The Elements of Statistical Learning (2nd Ed., 2009) by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-0387848587; Recommended
ISE 5984
Indus Anlytes for Complx Sys (by Kong)

1. Sensors and Control Systems in Manufacturing (2nd Ed., 2009) by S. Soloman; McGraw Hill; ISBN 978-0071605724; Recommended

2. The Elements of Statistical Learning (2nd Ed, 2009) by T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, and J. Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-1071621226; Recommended

ISE 5984
Engineering Communications (by Carper)

1. Essential Writing Skills for College and Beyond (2014) by C. Gill; Penguin; ISBN 978-1599637594; REQUIRED

2. Better Presentations (2016) by J. Schwabish; Columbia University Press; ISBN 978-0231175210; REQUIRED

3. The craft of research (Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing) (4th Ed., 2016) by W. C. Booth, G. G. Colomb, & J. M.  Williams; University of Chicago Press; ISBN 978-0226239736; Recommended

ISE 5984
Multi-Stakehlder Dec Making (by Kannan)
Game of Strategy (5th Ed, 2021) by Avinash Dixit, Susan Skeath, David McAdams; W. W. Norton; ISBN 978-0393422191; REQUIRED
ISE 5984
Industr Augmented Reality (by Gabbard)
Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice (2016) by Dieter Schmalstieg, Tobias Hollerer; Pearson; ISBN 978-0321883575; REQUIRED
ISE 5984
Psychosocial Human Factors (by Dickerson)
Psychometrics: An Introduction (3rd Ed., 2017) by  R. Michael Furr; SAGE Publishing; ISBN 978-1506339863; REQUIRED
Course Textbook
ENGR 5204
Systems Eng Projects

1. Systems Engineering and Analysis (5th Ed., 2011) by Blanchard and Fabrycky; Pearson; ISBN 978-0132217354; Recommended

2. Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World (2000) by John D. Sterman; Irwin McGraw-Hill; ISBN 978-0072389159; Recommended

ISE 6434
Scheduling & Seq Theory

1. Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and Systems (5th Ed., 2016) by M. Pinedo, M.; Springer; ISBN 978-3319265780; REQUIRED

2. Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling (2009) by K. R. Baker and D. Trietsch; Wiley; ISBN 978-0470391655; Recommended

ISE 6464
Queueing Networks

1. Fundamentals of Queueing Networks: Performance, Asymptotics, and Optimization (2001) by Hong Chen, David Yao; Springer; ISBN 978-1475753011; Recommended

2. Queueing Systems Vol I: Theory (1975) by Leonard Kleinrock; Wiley Interscience; ISBN 978-0471491101; Recommended

3. Queueing Systems Vol II; Computer Application (1976) by Leonard Kleinrock; Wiley Interscience; ISBN 978-0471491118; Recommended

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; Recommended

ISE 6574
Adaptive Control Systems
No Textbook: materials will be posted on CANVAS