Refereed Journal Articles

• Alexander, S. M., "A Dynamic Simulation Model for Forecasting and Policy Making  in the Regulated Electric Utility Industry," Computers and Industrial Engineering.  Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 269-297, 1979.
• Alexander, S. M., "Discovering and Correcting Problems in a Naval Stock Control System," Interfaces, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 41-47, July-August 1985.
• Alexander, S. M., "Knowledge Based Expert Systems:  Their Application to Production Management," Production and Inventory Management, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 109-114, Fourth Quarter 1985.
• Alexander, S. M. and Jagannathan, V., "Advisory System for Control Chart Selection," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 171-177, 1986.
• Evans, G. W. and Alexander, S. M., "Multiobjective Decision Analysis for Acceptance Sampling Problems," IIE Transactions, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 308-316, 1987.
• Alexander, S. M., "The Development of an Expert System for the Selection of Scheduling Rules in a Job Shop," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 167-171, 1987.
• Alexander, S. M., "The Application of Expert Systems to Manufacturing Process Control," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 309-314, 1987.
• Alexander, S. M., Vaidya, C. M. and Kamel, K. A., "An Architecture for Sensor Fusion in Intelligent Process Monitoring," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 307-311, 1989.
• Alexander, S. M. and Menon, R., "The Design of Knowledge Based Process Diagnostic System," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 1, pp. 193-197, 1990.
• Alexander, S. M. and Guan, J., "The Design and Development of an Automated DFA System," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 469-471, 1990.
• Usher, J. S. and Alexander, S. M., "System Reliability Prediction Based on Historical Data," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Vol. 6, pp. 209-218, 1990.
• Evans, G.W., Biles, W.E. and Alexander, S.M., "A Large Scale Simulation Model for Analyzing Pipe Valves and Fitting," Simulation, Vol. 59, No. 6, 1992.
• Lee, W.Y., Alexander, S.M., and Graham, J.H., "A Diagnostic Expert System Prototype for CIM," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 337-352, 1992.
• Alexander, S. M., Vaidya, C. M. and Graham, J. H., "A Model for the Diagnosis of CIM Equipment," Computers and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 175-183, 1993.
• Graham, J. H., Guan, J. and Alexander, S. M., "A Hybrid Diagnostic System with Learning Capabilities," Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 21-28, 1993.
• Lee, W. Y. and Alexander, S. M., "A Diagnosis Scheme for a Large Scale System," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 341-354, 1993.
• Alexander, S.M., Lee, W.Y. and Graham, J.H., "Design Based Diagnosis," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 2087-2096, 1993.
• Alexander, S.M., "Process Monitoring of Regulated Systems Using a Tracking Signal," Quality Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 419-426, 1994.
• Alexander, S.M., Graham, J.H., Guan, J. and Lee, W.Y., "A Functional Approach for the Concurrent Design of Diagnostic systems," Computers and Industrial Engineering, special issue on CIM, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 605-614, 1995.
• Alexander, S.M., Dillman, M.A., Usher, J.S. and Damodaran, B., "Economic Design of Control Charts Using the Taguchi Loss Function", Computers and Industrial Engineering, special issue on CIM, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 671-679, 1995.
• Usher, J.S., Alexander, S.M. and Duggins, D., "The Filling Problem Revisited", Quality Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 35-44, 1996/97.
• Dzissah, J.S. and Alexander, S.M., "The Evaluation of Customer Perceptions for Quality Improvement:  A Case Study" Quality Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 37-41 (1997).
• Alexander, S.M. and Gor, T.B., “Monitoring, Diagnosis and Control of Industrial Processes”, Computer and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 35/12, pp. 193-196, (1998).
• Alexander, S.M., Gor, T.B., and Zhang, J., “Integrating Diagnosis with Monitoring and Control: A Framework”, Industrial Engineering Research: Special Issue Vol.2 (1) pp. 21-32 (2000)
• Welsh, J.F., Dey, S., and Alexander, S. M., “Continuous Quality Measurement: Restructuring Assessment for a New Technological and Organizational Environment.”  Assesment and Evaluation in Higher Education, Vo. 26, No. 5, pp. 391-401 (2001).
• Zhang, J. and Alexander, S.M. “Fault Diagnosis in Injection Moulding via Cavity Pressure Signals”, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 46, No. 22. pp 6499 – 6512 (2008)
• Kohli, A.S., Alexander, S.M., Gupta, M.C., “A Dynamic Simulation Study to Assess the Impact of Collaboration on the Performance of a Supply Chain Subject to a Variety of Demand Environments”, The Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, Vol.1, No. 1, pp. 73-87 (2008)
• Kohli, A.S., Gupta, M.C., and Alexander, S.M., "Experimental Assessment of Collaboration in Automotive Supply Chain", International Journal of Decision Science of Information Technology, Vol. 1, No.1, pp. 40-53 (2009)
• Kuruvilla, A. and Alexander, S.M., “Predicting Ambulance Diversion”, International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, Vol. 2., No. 1; pp. 1-10 (2010)
• Chen, L. and Alexander, S.M., "Capacity Driven Pricing Mechanism in Special Service Industries", The Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management: Special Issue on Pricing and Revenue Models in the New Service Economy, Vol. 9., No. 3, pp. 260-275 (2010)
• Wang, X., and Alexander, S.M., “ Linking Medical Records: A Machine Learning Approach”, Special issue International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise, (2010)
• Kuruvilla, A.  and Alexander, S.M.  “A Study of the Cascading Effects of Ambulance Diversion Among Hospitals”, International. Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, Vo. 3, No. 3, pp.61-72 (2011).

Papers in refereed proceedings, edited journals and books

• Alexander, S. M., "Optimal Policy Search Procedures for Systems Dynamics," Proceedings, S. E. TIMS Annual Conference, October 1977.
• Alexander, S. M., "A Dynamic Simulation Analysis of the Effects of Peak Load Pricing on the Average Price of Electrical Energy, the Capital Costs of An Electric Utility and the Profits of an Electric Utility," Proceedings, Alternate Energy Sources Symposium, December 1977.
• Alexander, S. M., "Determination of Shortage Costs for Energy Planning and Allocation," Proceedings, S. E. TIMS Annual Conference, October 1978.
• Alexander, S. M., "The Development of a Scheduling System for Bottling Operations at the Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation," Proceedings, S. E. TIMS Annual Conference, October 1979.  This paper was also selected for the Management Science Applications awards competition.
• Alexander, S. M. and Sapienza, J. J., "The Allocation of Engineering Manpower in Multi-product Cost Reduction Projects," Proceedings, American Institute of Decision Sciences Annual Conference, February 1980.
• Alexander, S. M. and Weckman, G. R., "Analysis of Bottling and Storage Operations at Brown-Foreman Distillers Corporation," Proceedings, Winter Simulation Conference, December 1980.
• Alexander, S. M., "Forecasting the Base and Peak Load Demand of Electrical Energy:  A Survey," Proceedings, International Symposium on Forecasting, May 1981.
• Alexander, S. M., "Justification of Material Handling Projects," Proceedings, IIE/MHI Seminar, February 1982.
• Alexander, S. M., "Utility Bill Analysis:  The First Step in an Energy Audit," accepted for publication in Industrial Engineering, July 1983.
• Alexander, S. M., "An s,S Inventory Control System in Operation:  An Analysis of Operational Problems and Formulae," Proceedings, S. E. TIMS Annual Conference, September 1983.
• Alexander, S. M., "Alternatives to Control Charts in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing Environment," Proceedings, QUALTEST 2, October 1983.
• Alexander, S. M., "Expert Systems:  A Brief Background," Technical article, IIE, Chapter 18 Newsletter, October, 1983.
• Alexander, S. M. and Jagannathan, V., "Computer Aided Process Planning Systems:  Current and Future Directions," Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, January 1984.
• Jagannathan, V. and Alexander, S. M., "Representation of Imprecise Knowledge: A Comparison of Approaches," Proceedings, IEEE South East Conference, April 1984.
• Alexander, S. M., "A Framework for an Expert System for Production Scheduling," Proceedings, S. E. TIMS Annual Conference, September 1984.
• Brown, T., Alexander, S. M., Kirchner, R. Jagannathan, V., "Demonstration of an Expert System for Manufacturing Process Control," Artificial Intelligence, Graphics and Simulation, Graham Birtwistle, Ph.D., Editor, January 1985.
• Alexander, S. M., "The Development of Expert Systems for Manufacturing Control  in the Automated Factory," Proceedings, CAD/CAM, Robotics and International Conference, February 1985.
• Alexander, S. M., "The Application of Simulation to Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings, CIMCOM, April 1985.  (Society of Manufacturing Engineer Technical Paper MS85 -348).
• Alexander, S. M. and Elmaghraby, A. S., "Rule Based Layout Planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings, American Institute of Decision Sciences International Conference, November 1985.
• Alexander, S. M., "Developmental Efforts Toward Computer Integrated Manufacturing:  A Case Study," Proceedings, American Institute of Decision Sciences International Conference, November 1985.
• Alexander, S. M., "A Framework for Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems," Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, November 1986.
• Alexander, S. M., "A Framework for Distributed Expert Decision Making," Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, November 1986.
• Alexander, S. M., "A Hierarchical Framework for Expert Manufacturing Planning  and Control Systems," Proceedings, ASME Symposium on Knowledge-based Expert Systems for Manufacturing, December 1986.
• Alexander, S. M., "A Hierarchical Framework for Expert Manufacturing Planning  and Control Systems," recommended by reviewers of the ASME Symposium on Knowledge-Based Expert Systems for Manufacturing, for publication in ASME Transactions, August 1986.
• Alexander, S. M. and Burnett, D., "Development and Implementation of a Strategy  for Installing MRPII at the Naval Ordinance Station, Louisville, Kentucky," submitted to INTERFACES, June 1987, (selected as a semi-finalist in the TIMS/CPMS competition for the Franz Edelman Award).
• Alexander, S. M., and Adams, D. J., "The Development of a Simulation Program Generator for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing, September 1987.
• Alexander, S. M., "The Design of a Knowledge Based Quality Information System," Proceedings, IIE Conference, May 1988.
• Alexander, S. M. and Evans, G. W., "The Integration of Multiple Knowledge Sources:  A Review of Methodologies," Applied Expert Systems:  Studies in Management Science and Systems, E. Turban and P. R. Watkins, Editors, Vol. 17, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1988.
• Alexander, S. M., "A Framework for Intelligent Manufacturing," Proceedings CAD/CAM, Robotics & Factories of the Future, August 1988.
• Alexander, S. M., "Process Monitoring and Diagnosis in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing, September 1988.
• Alexander, S. M., Graham, J. H. and Vaidya, C. M., "Issues in the Diagnosis of Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings, AAAI Symposium, AI in Manufacturing, Stanford University, March 1989.
• Graham, J. H. and Alexander, S. M., "Computer-based Diagnostics for Integrated Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings, Diagnosis Workshop, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, August 1989.
• Graham, J. H., Alexander, S. M. and Passafiume, L., "Enhanced Diagnostics for Computer Integrated Manufacturing," Proceedings, Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing, September, 1989.
• Alexander, S. M., "An Integrated Framework for the Justification of FMS," Proceedings, IIE Integrated Systems and Society for Integrated Manufacturing Conferences, November 1989.
• Alexander, S. M. and Graham, J. H., "Multisensory Integration and Diagnosis in CIM systems," Proceedings, IIE Integrated Systems and Society for Integrated Manufacturing Conferences, November 1989.
• Alexander, S. M., "Control and Diagnosis of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings, 4th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, December 1989.
• Alexander, S. M., "Issues in the Diagnosis of Automated Discrete Part Manufacturing Systems," feature article, IIE, Quality Control and Reliability Engineering Newsletter, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, pp. 1-2, Winter 1989.
• Lee, W., Alexander, S. M. and Graham, J. H., "A Hybrid Approach to a Generic Diagnosis Model," Proceedings, 4th International Conference on Expert Systems in Production and Operations Management, May 1990.
• Graham, J. H. and Alexander, S. M., "Computer Based Diagnostics for Integrated Manufacturing Systems," 2nd International Conference on CIM, Rensselaer Polytechnic University, May 1990.
• Alexander, S. M., Biles, W. E., Evans, G. W. and Zahran, I. M., "A Macro/Micro Modeling Approach to the Simulation of Cellular Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings, Winter Simulation Conference, December 1990.
• Usher, J. S., Alexander, S. M. and Thompson, J. D., "Predicting the Reliability of New Products at IBM," Proceedings, Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, January 1991.
• Alexander, S.M., "Customer Requirements and the Interrelationship Between  Product Design, Manufacture and Service," Proceedings 1st I.E. Research Conference, May 1992.
• Alexander, S. M., "Reliability Theory," Section in Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 1992.
• Graham, J.H. and Alexander, S.M., "Object-Oriented Software for the Diagnosis of Manufacturing Systems," Programming Environments for Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Gruver/Poudeaux editors, 1992.
• Cassaro, M.A., Ragade, R.K., Alexander, S.M. and Cassaro, M.J., "Risk Based Decision Support Model for Water Companies Subject to Natural Hazards," Proceedings, ASCE meeting, Sept. '92.
• Alexander, S.M., "The Investigation of New Approaches to Telecommunication Data Analysis," Proceedings 2nd I.E. Research Conference, May 1993.
• Huang, Y., Evans, G.W., Alexander, S.M., and Gupta, M.C., "Probabilistic Tabu Search and Its Application to Single Machine Weighted Absolute Deviation Problem," Proceedings 3rd IIE Research Conference, May "94.
• Biswas, A., Grewal, N.S., Jamaldin, B., and Alexander, S.M., "Productivity Enhancement through Simulation and Queueing Network Analysis," Proceeding Winter Simulation Conference, Dec. '94.
• Damodaran, B. and Alexander, S.M., "APC, SPC and Quality Control," Proceedings, IEMS, March 1994.
• Huang, Y., Evans, G.W. and Alexander, S.M., "A Tabu Search Approach for Minimizing Flow time Variance in a Single Machine System," Proceedings, IEMS, March 1994.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., "Quality Engineering Techniques Applied to Improve Process and Product Quality," Proceedings, NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Jan. '95.
• Gor, T.B. and Alexander, S.M., "Application of Wavelets in Process Control", Proceedings Industrial Engrng. Res. Conf. (IERC), May 1996.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., "Monitoring and Control of the Pouch Fill Process", Proc. of the NSF Grantees Conf., Jan. 1997.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., "Improving the Reliability and Quality of a Process:  A Case Study", Proceedings of the Third ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, March 1997.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., "Improving the Control System Performance of Fill Processes", Proceedings of the Third ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, March 1997.
• Usher, J.S. and Alexander, S.M., "Optimization of Filling Lines", Proceedings of IERC, May 1997.
• Gor, T.B. and Alexander, S.M., "Process Monitoring and Diagnosis through the Analysis of Nonstationary Signals", Proceedings of IERC, May 1997.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., “Process Monitoring, Diagnosis and Control”, Proceedings NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Jan. 1998.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., “Monitoring and Control of the Pouch Fill Process”, Proceedings, NSF Grantees Conference, Jan. 1999.
• Alexander, S.M. and Naseerudin, S., “Scheduling Raw Material Deliveries via Simulation”, Proceedings, IEMS March 1999.
• Alexander, S.M., Lee, W., Cobourn, W.G. and Hubbard, M.C., “A Fuzzy Logic Model for Forecasting Ground-Level Ozone”, Proceedings, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 2000.
• Alexander, S.M. and Zhang, J., “Process Monitoring, Diagnosis and Control”,  Industrial Engineering Research Conference(IERC) May 2000.
• Guha, A., Alexander, S.M. and Ragade, R.K., “A Framework for Container Selection and Packing.” Proceedings, IERC, 2001
• Kuruvilla, A., Alexander, S.M. and Biles, W.E., “Predicting Ambulance Diversion”, Proceedings, 18th. Annual Society for Health Systems Conference, San Diego, CA., February 10-12, 2006,
• Alexander, S.M. “Modeling for Disaster Management” Proceedings Production and Operations Management Systems Conference, Boston, MA. April 28- May 1, 2006
• Kohli, A. S., Alexander, S.M., Gupta, M., “A Dynamic Simulation Study to Assess the Impact of Collaboration on the Peformance of an Automotive Service Parts Supply Chain”, Proceedings, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 20-23, 2006.
• Wang, X., Alexander, S.M. and Griffin, B. “Matching Records in the Medicare Common Working File”, Proceedings 2007 IEMS conference, March 12-14, 2007, Cocoa Beach Florida; N. Aly editor, pp. 151-157.
• Janjirala, P., Sivagurunathan, S., Alexander, S.M. and Evans, G.W. “Improving the Logistics of Milk Collection via Simulation” Proceedings 2007 IEMS conference, March 12-14, 2007, Cocoa Beach Florida; N. Aly, editor, pp. 602-605
• ElSaid, W.H., and Alexander, S.M., “Explosives Detection: System Modeling and Architecture”  Proceedings, 13 th. ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, August 2-4, 2007. Seattle, Washington; pp. 386-389.
• Evans, G.W. and Alexander, S.M., “Using Multi-criteria Modeling and Simulation to Achieve Lean Goals”, Proceedings 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, S.G. Henderson, et al editors
• Jajpuria, S. and Alexander, S.M., “Evaluating the Security Vulnerabilities in Milk Collection and Transport”, Proceedings, IEMS conference; pp. 1-9.  March 2008
• Janjirala, P. and Alexander, S.M., “Improving the Logistics of Milk Collection and Transport”, Proceedings, IEMS conference, pp. 10-19. March 2008, Fl.
• Womble, P., Payne, F., Alexander, S.M. et.al., “ A Wireless Electoronic System for Securing Milk from Farm to Processor”, Proceedings, SPIE Defense +Security, Vol. 6943, (March 2008)
• Alexander, S.M., "Milk Transport Security System",  Proceedings, 2009, IEMS, March 8-11, Cocoa Beach, Florida
• Alexander, S.M., "Risk Assessment in Milk Collection and Transport, 2009, Proceedings, ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, 2009, August 5-9, San Francisco, CA.
• Hadavale, R., S. and Alexander, S. M., “Supply Chain Risk Management”, Proceedings, 2009, IERC, May 30-3, Miami, Florida
• Hadavale, R.S. and Alexander, S.M., “Application of Web Based Supplier Risk Assessment for Supplier Selection, Proceeding, 2009, IERC,  May 30- June 3, Fl.
• Kohli, A.S., Alexander, S.M. and Gupta, M.C., "A Continuous Simulation Model to analyze effectiveness of CPFR ", ICOVACS, Oct. 19-21, Louisville, KY.
• Alexander, S.M., "Monitoring System for Securing the Transport of Milk from Farms to Processors", Proceedings, 2009, ICOVACS, Oct. 18-21, Louisville, KY. Proceedings, 2009, ICOVACS, Oct. 19-21, Louisville, KY.
• Alexander, S.M. and Hadavale, R.S., "Enterprise Risk Assessment and Management", Proceedings,  2010, 18th International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, 2010, November 15-17, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Hadavale, R.,S. and Alexander,S.M.,  “A Framework for Risk Assessment and Mitigation in the Supply Chain”, Proceedings, 2010, 20th Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) Conference, July 12-14, Oakland, California

Technical Presentations

• "A Dynamic Model for Forecasting and Policy Making in the Regulated Electric Utility Industry," presented at the meeting of the Central Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, March 1976.
• "A Dynamic Model for Forecasting and Policy Making in the Regulated Electric Utility Industry," TIMS/ORSA 1977.
• "Quality Assurance, Profit through Quality," Seminar for Industry, November 1977.
• "Simulation of Traffic Control Strategies at a Proposed Isolated Intersection on Easter Parkway," TIMS/ORSA, 1978.
• "Total Quality Control," 2-day Seminar for Industry, November 1979.
• "Energy Audit Action Plan," Energy Audit Seminar for Retail Establishments, Louisville, KY, March 1980.
• "Energy Audits and Analysis," An Introduction to Energy Mgt. and Conservation for Businesses, Seminar Sponsored by the Speed Scientific School, Louisville Areas Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Dept. of Energy, March 25, 26, 1980.
• "Computerized Layout Planning," presented to Louisville Chapter 18 of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, April 1980.
• "How to Conduct a Class C Energy Audit," presented to United Way Agencies, July 1980.
• "Class A Audit of Retail Stores," Energy audits seminar for retail establishments, November 1980.
• "Quantitative Approaches to Production and Inventory Control," presented to Louisville Chapter of the American Production and Inventory Control Society, 1981.
• "Systems Dynamics Approach to Modeling Complex Multifaceted Systems," Technology and Society, 1981.
• "Energy Conservation, What, Why, and How," presented to the Lexington Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1982.
• "The Application of Multiobjective Decision Theory to Acceptance Sampling Problems," Industrial Engineering Seminar, 1983, with G. W. Evans.
• "Production and Project Scheduling," General Electric Company, Advanced Course in Manufacturing, 1983.
• "Systems Simulation," General Electric Company, Advanced Course in Manufacturing, 1983.
• "Facilities Planning and Materials Handling," General Electric Company, Advanced Course in Manufacturing, 1983.
• "Analyzing Multiple Objectives and Uncertainty in Problems Associated with Process and Quality Control," with G. W. Evans and H. Moskowitz, TIMS/ORSA, 1984.
• "Expert Systems:  Their Potential for Application to Industrial Engineering Problems," presented at the 6th national and 3rd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, March 1984.
• "Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Society," Interdisciplinary Seminar of Societal Transformation, 1984.
• "Statistical Process Control," Seminar for Industry, 1985.
• "Line Balancing," Seminar for process engineers at Ford Motor Company, March 1986.
• "Performance Team Operation and Training," Seminar for CEO's of small businesses, May 1987.
• "Problem Solving Techniques for Performance Teams," Seminar for Facilitators and Leaders, May and June 1987.
• "Production Systems:  J.I.T. and Employee Involvement," Seminar for the Management of the Budd Company, Dec. 1987.
• "Statistical Process Control," ISA Education and Program Show, May, 1988.
• "The Integration of Multiple Knowledge Sources," EURO-TIMS Conference, July 1988.
• "Diagnosis of Automated Discrete Part Manufacturing Systems," ORSA/TIMS, May 1989.
• "Quality Problem Solving Workshop," ASQC, January 1990.
• "Total Quality Assurance Seminar," ASQC, September 1989, March 1990.
• "Design Based Diagnosis," I.E. Seminar Series, March 1992.
• Alexander, S.M., "A Framework for Concurrent Engineering in Product Design," presented at the 3rd IERC research conference, May 1994.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., "Design of Optimum Setting and Control Algorithms for Process Improvement," presented at TIMSXXXII, June 1994.
• Alexander, S.M. “ Best Practices for Design and Innovation” INFORMS International, Hong Kong, China, June 25-28, 2006
• Mohammed, J. and Alexander, S.M. “Defining Coating Material for Aluminum Die Casting Molds Using a Laser Cladding Process”  25th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®), Scotsdale, Arizona, Oct 30-Nov. 2, 2006

Technical Reports

• Alexander, S. M., "Analysis of the Bottling and Shipping Operations at the Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation," Report on Phase-I, September, 1978.
• Alexander, S. M., "Analysis of the Bottling and Shipping Operations at the Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation," Report on Phase-II, October 1978.
• Alexander, S. M., "Computerized Algorithm for Scheduling Bottling Lines," Report on Computer Program, December 1978.
• Alexander, S. M., "Energy Conservation and the Audit Process," Report submitted to the Kentucky Dept. of Energy as a part of the Energy Management Assistance Program Phase I, April 1980.
• Alexander, S. M., "Critique of the Statistical Basis for the Testing Program at Marble Hill Nuclear Project," Report submitted to Save the Valley, March 1981.
• Alexander, S. M., "Scheduling Systems for Barton Industries," Report submitted to Infosystem Design, Inc., April 1981.
• Alexander, S. M., "Risk Associated with the Sampling Plan Used for the Testing Program at the Marble Hill Nuclear Project Under the Presence of Inspection Error," Report submitted to Save the Valley, June 1981.
• Alexander, S. M., "Class A Energy Audit of Save-A-Step Food Mart," Report submitted to the Kentucky Department of Energy, November 1981.
• Alexander, S. M., "Class A Energy Audit of Derby City Gateway," Report submitted to the Kentucky Department of Energy, November 1981.
• Alexander, S. M., "Energy Audit of the Anchorage Presbyterian Church," Report submitted to the Anchorage Presbyterian Church, November 1981.
• Alexander, S. M. and Nakamura M., "A Multiobjective Branch and Bound Method for Planning Wastewater and Residual Management Systems," Research Report No. 130, United States Dept. of Interior, with, January 1982.
• Alexander, S. M., "Analysis of Current Stock Level Control Processes at the Naval Ordinance Station, Louisville, KY," Report on contract no. N00197-82-R-0019, presented to the Navy, June 1982.
• Alexander, S. M., "CAM Task (1)," Report on contract no. N00197-82-D-0173, presented to the Navy, December 1982.
• Alexander, S. M., "Input for Specification Development, for a Computer Aided Process Planning Software System, for the Naval Ordinance Station, Louisville, KY," Report on contract no. N00197-882-D-0173, presented to the Navy, May 1983.
• Alexander, S. M., "Development of a Procedure to Form Production Part Families of Production Parts at the Naval Ordinance Station in Louisville, KY," NOSL CAD/CAM Contract, Phase II, July 1983.
• Alexander, S. M., "Analysis of Process Sheet Flow at the Naval Ordinance Station in Louisville, KY," NOSL CAD/CAM Contract, Task 5, December 1983.
• Alexander, S. M., "Use of Expert Systems in Quality Information System Design," Report to the General Electric Co., June 1987.
• Alexander, S. M., Evans, G. W., Leep, H. R., Usher, J. S., and Wilhelm, M. R., "Assembly Line Design and Evaluation for a G.E. Gas Range Plant in Mexico," Report submitted to General Electric Co., September 1987.
• Alexander, S. M. and Usher, J., "Estimating New Product Reliability," Report submitted to IBM, May 1989.
• Alexander, S. M. and Graham, J. H., "Multisensory Integration and Control in CIM System," Report submitted to UKCRMS and the General Electric Company, June 1990.
• Alexander, S. M., Biles, W. E. and Evans, G. W., "Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Alternative Plant Designs for Manufacturing Valves and Fittings," Report submitted to the Henry Vogt Co., June 1990.
• Alexander, S. M., Biles, W. E. and Evans, G. W., "New Methodologies for Modeling and Analysis of Alternative Plant Designs," Report submitted to UKCRMS, June 1990.
• Alexander, S.M., Gupta, M.C., Browning, L., and Cowherd, T., "Service Call Rate Reduction," Report submitted to G.E. Appliances, January 1993.
• Alexander, S.M., Gupta, M.C., Jamaldin, B., Biswas, A., and Grewal, N.S., "Quick Response and Inventory Control," Report submitted to G.E. Appliances, Jan.1993.
• Alexander, S. M. and Usher, J.S., “Quality Engineering Techniques to Improve Process and Product Quality”, Final Report, NSF DMII9311824, Feb. 1995.
• Alexander, S.M. and Usher, J.S., “Monitoring and Control of the Pouch Fill Process”, Final Report, NSF Award #9503021, Jan. 1999.
• Alexander, S.M., “Process Monitoring, Diagnosis and Control”, Final Report, NSF, Jan.  2003