Dr. Deal's research interest are in the areas of Scheduling, Heuristic Optimization, Probability and Applied Statistics, Taguchi Methods and Total Quality Managment.
Selected Publications
P.C. Chou, Q. Zhong, Q.L. Li, A. Ignatiev, C.Y. Wang, E.E. Deal & J.G. Chen, "Optimization of JC of YBCO Thin Films Prepared by Photo-assisted MOVCD through Statistical Robust Design," accepted for publication; Journal of Applied Physics: Physica C- Superconductivity
C.Y. Wang, J.G. Chen, D. Deal, P.C. Chou, Q. Zhong. Q.L. Li & A. Ignatiev, "Quality Improvement of Superconducting Thin Films Through Designed Experiments," in review, International Journal of Industrial Engineering
D. L. Santos, J. L. Hunsucker & D. E. Deal, "Flowmult: Permutation Sequences for Flow Shops with Multiple Processors," Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences, vol.16, no.2, pp. 351-366
D. L. Santos, J. L. Hunsucker &v D. E. Deal, "Global Lower Bounds for Flow Shops with Multiple Processors," European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 112-120
D. L. Santos, J. L. Hunsucker & D. E. Deal, "An Evaluation of Sequencing Heuristics in Flow Shops with Multiple Processors," accepted for publication, Computers & Industrial Engineering
Don E. Deal, Taeyong Yang & Steig Hallquist, "Job Scheduling in Petrochemical Production: Two-Stage Processing with Finite Intermediate Storage," Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 18, pp. 333 - 344
Z. He, T. Yang & D. Deal, "A Multiple-Pass Heuristic Rule for Job Shop Scheduling with Due Dates," International Journal of Production Research., vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 2677 - 2692
Don E. Deal & John L. Hunsucker, "The Two-Stage Flowshop Scheduling Problem with M Machines at Each Stage," Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 407-417