This handbook represents a collection of previously published technical journal articles of the highest caliber originating from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). The collection will help promote and affirm the leading-edge technical publications that have emanated from AFIT, for the first time presented as a cohesive collection.
Adedeji Badiru is the Dean and senior academic officer for the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial and Information Engineering at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of the University College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering, a MS in Mathematics, a MS in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. His areas of interest include mathematical modeling, project modeling and analysis, economic analysis, systems engineering, and efficiency/productivity analysis and improvement. He is the author of over 35 books, 38 book chapters, 88 technical journal articles, and 220 conference proceedings and presentations. Often venerated by his colleagues as a writing machine, Dr. Badiru has also published 35 magazine articles and 20 editorials and periodicals. He is a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies and a series editor for the Taylor and Francis book series on Systems Innovation and the Focus series on Analytics and Control. Professor Badiru was the recipient of the Taylor and Francis 2020 Author Lil“)