LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Textbooks

1. Draper, Ellsworth, Hoffman, Knott, Laboratory Manual Manufacturing Processes, The Pennsylvania State University, 1965.

2. Knott, Kenneth and Leslie E. Goodall, Principles and Practice of MTM-2, Kenneth Knott, Ltd, 1970.

3. Knott, Knott and Leslie E. Goodall, Principles and Practice of MTM-3, Kenneth Knott, Ltd, 1971.

4. Knott, Kenneth, Job Evaluation Procedure Manual, Kenneth Knott Ltd. 1970

5. Draper, Knott, Sylvia, Hull, Manufacturing Processes Associate Degree Program, The Pennsylvania State University, 1980.

Sections of Textbooks (Published)

1. Knott, K., MacDonald, R., Mattern, W. "Second Generation Predetermined-Motion-Time Systems," Industrial Engineering Handbook, Third Edition, (ed. Maynard), 1970.

2. Enscore, E. Emory, K. Knott and B. W. Niebel, "A Comparison of Alternative Time Slotting Systems for Indirect Time Standards". Work Measurement: Principles and Practice, ed. Richard L. Shell, pub. Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1986.

3. Knott, K., E. Emory Enscore and Jeya Chandra, "An Analytical Approach to Designing and Testing Time Slotting Systems". Work Measurement: Principles and Practice, ed. Richard L. Shell, pub. Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1986.

4. Knott, K., "Methods Engineering," Production Handbook, (ed. J. White).

5. Knott, Kenneth "Control of Indirect Costs" Industrial Engineering Handbook ed. G. Salvendi, pub. J. Wiley

6. Knott, Kenneth "Maintenance in Facilities Design" Facilities Handbook, ed. W. Wrennall, pub. McGraw Hill

Unrefereed Papers

1. Knott, K. "The Use of Travel Charts in Plant Layout," Machinery, (London), 1961.

2. Knott, K. "Numerical Control," Spectrum, The Pennsylvania State University, 1963.

3. Knott, K. "Elements of Low Cost Automation," Tooling (London), l970.

4. Knott, K. "Elements of Low Cost Automation," Mass Production (London), l971.

5. Knott, K. "Designing Force Dynamometers for Metal Cutting Experimentation," Tooling, 1970.

Refereed Papers

1. Knott, K. "Development of Time Standards for Meat Boning," Work Study and Management Services, 1971.

2. Knott, K. "Body Motions with Weight-A Technical Comment," Work Study (London), pp. 7-11, 1972.

3. Knott, K. "MTM-V Application," MTM International Journal, Vol. IV, No. 3, pp 22-27, 1970.

4. Knott, K. "MTM-V: A Data System for Machine Shop," Industrial Engineer, Australia, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 11-15, 1980.

5. Knott, K. and J. W. Davis. "Induced Regression in Incentives," Management Services, 1981.

6. Knott, K. and M. Chema. "The Effect of an Operator's Hand Preference," International MTM Journal, Vol. IX, No. 1, pp. 2-5, 1982.

7. Knott, K. and R. Getto. "A Model for Evaluating Alternative Robot Systems Under Uncertainty," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 155-165, 1982.

8. Knott, K. "An Analysis of the Effect of Machine Controlled Elements Upon Incentive Payments," IIE Transactions, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 11-18, 1982.

9. Knott, K. "Development of Time Standards for Meat Boning," MTM International Journal, Vol. XV!, No.2, pp. 35 to 41 1970.

10. Knott, K. "Forced Comparisons and Youden Squares as a Basis of Improving Job Ranking in Job Evaluation," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 641-657, 1983.

11. Knott, K. and E. E. Enscore. "Cluster Analysis as a Work Measurement Tool," The MTM Journal, Vol. XI, No. 2, 1984.

12. Knott, K. and M. Pena. "An Improved Method for Setting Time Standards," IIE Transactions, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 17 to 24, March, 1985

13. Davis, J. W., V. Irwin, and K. Knott. "Meeting Air Quality Standards in the Foundry Industry-A Study for Pennsylvania Foundries," Proceedings NIHOS Conference, pp. 188-203, 1979.

14. Knott, K., A. M. Ferraco and P. H. Cohen, "A Method for Evaluating FMS," The MTM Journal, Vol. XI, No. 4, 1984.

15. Bidanda, B. and K. Knott. "Road Blocks to Robotic Welding," MTM Journal, Vol. XIII, 1986.

16. Knott, K. and R. J. Sury. "A Comparison of Three General Levels of MTM," I.I.E. Transactions, pp. 380-391, December 1986.

17. Enscore, E. E., Jr., K. Knott, and B. W. Niebel. "Cluster Analysis-An Alternative to Statistical Distributions for Determining Slotting Schemes Used in Determining Indirect Work Standards," Computers in Industrial Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1-7, 1987.

18. Knott, K. and R. J. Sury. "A Study of Work-Time Distributions," I.I.E. Transactions, pp. 50-55, March 1987.

19. Knott, K. "A Theoretical Analysis of Time Slotting," International Journal for Production Research, Volume 25, No. 3, pp.353 to 362, 1987.

20. Knott, K., M. J. Chandra and E. E. Enscore. "Time-Slotting Based Upon an Assumed Log Normal Distribution of Sample Work Task Times," International Journal of Production Research Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 487 to 512, 1987.

21. Kim, Sunnho and Kenneth Knott, "Simplifying the Least Cost Tolerance Problem by Pseudo-Boolean Programming," Tenth Korea Symposium on Science and Technology, Korea, July 1987.

22. Knott, Kenneth, Bidanda Bopaya, and David Pennebaker. "Economic Analysis of Robotic Arc Welding Operation," International Journal for Production Research. Vol. 26, No.1, pp 107-117, 1988.

23. Kim, Sunnho and K. Knott, "A Pseudo-Boolean Approach to Determining Least Cost Tolerances", International Journal for Production Research. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp 157-167, 1988.

24. Menon, Krishna K., and Kenneth Knott "The Motor Reading Formula and VDT's," The Journal of Methods - Time Measurement. Vol XIV, pp 30-32, 1988

25. Han, Ching Ping, Kenneth Knott and Pius J. Egbelu, "A Heuristic Approach to the Three Dimensional Cargo Loading Problem," International Journal for Production Research, 1989, Vol. 27, No. 5,. pp. 757 - 774.

26. Kim, Sunnho, Kenneth Knott and Brian J. Gilmore, "Performance Analysis of Assembly Robots Using Kinematics and Geometric Tolerances", Proceedings Of International Conference on Information Technology for Advanced Manufacturing Systems, pp. 143 to 153, ITAMS'91, Nanjing, P.R. China, September 17 - 19, 1991.

27. Annand, S. and Kenneth Knott, "Heuristic Search Methods for Finding Collision-Free Paths in the Joint Space of a Manipulator", Proceedings Fourth World Conference on Robotics Research, pp. 3-43 to 3-62, MS91-312,pub.SME, Dearborn, Michigan.

28. Tonkay, Gregory L. and Kenneth Knott, "Intelligent Process Specification for Robotic Arc Welding", Proceedings, 1989 Conference on Robotics Research:: The Next Five Years and Beyond. pp. 2-57 to 2-11. Gaithersburg, Maryland, May 7-11, 1989

29. Kim, Sunnho, and Kenneth Knott, "An Analysis of the Effect of Position Tolerance on the Performance of a Robot for a Loose Fastener Assembly", Proceedings , NAMRC XVII, Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME, 1989

30. Anand, S. and Kenneth Knott, "An Algorithm for Converting the Boundary Representation of a CAD Model to its Octree Representation". Computers in Industrial Engineering,Vol. 21, No. 1-4, pp. 343 to 347, 1991.

Papers Presented at National Conferences

1. Knott, K. and R. J. Sury. "A Study of Work-Time Distribution on Unpaced Tasks." Research Forum, IIE Fall Conference, Atlanta, 1984.

2. Pena, M. and K. Knott. "A Self Defining Slotting Technique for Estimating Time Standards," Proceedings of IIE Fall Conference, Atlanta, 1984.

3. Ferraco, A., K. Knott and P. H. Cohen. "Evaluating Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings IIE Spring Conference, Chicago, 1984.

4. Enscore, E. E., K. Knott and B. W. Niebel. "A Comparison of Alternative Time Slotting Methods for Indirect Time Standards," IIE Spring Conference, New Orleans, 1982.

5. Davis, J. W., V. Irwin and K. Knott. "Meeting Air Quality Standards in the Foundry Industry," NIHOS Conference, Chicago, 1979.

6. Anand, S. and K. Knott. "Computer Assisted Models Used in the Location-Allocation Problems," Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 1986.

7. Anand, S. and K. Knott. "Use of the Hough Transform in Machine Vision for the Dimensional Inspection of Parts," Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 1986.

8. Buley, David T. and K. Knott. "Designing Vertical Carrousels to Maximize Operator Utilization," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 1986.

9. Han Ching Ping, K. Knott, and P. J. Egbelu. "A Heuristic Approach to the Three Dimensional Cargo Loading Problem," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 1986.

10. Emamizadeh, B. and K. Knott. "Matching Unit Loads and Inventory Systems," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 1986.

11. Manivannan, S. and K. Knott. "Transporter Velocity and Layout of FMC," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 1986.

12. Chandra, J., K. Knott, and E. E. Enscore. "Precision and Accuracy of Time Slotting Based Upon an Assumed Log Normal Distribution of Sample Work Task Times," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 1986.

13. Knott, K., E. E. Enscore, and J. Chandra. "An Analytical Approach to Designing and Testing Time Slotting Systems," Proceedings IIE Spring Conference 1986.

14. Menon, K. and K. Knott. "A Comparison of Alternative Text Layouts on VDT's," I.I.E. Fall Conference, 1986.

15. Tonkay, G. and K. Knott. "Specification and Control of Manufacturing Processes by an Expert Systems," I.I.E. Spring Conference, 1986.

16. Kim, Sunnho and Kenneth Knott, "Simplifying the Least Cost Tolerance Problem by Pseudo-Boolean Programming," Tenth Korea Symposium on Science and Technology, Korea, July 1987.

17. Kim, S. and K. Knott. "The Effects of Geometric Tolerancing When Assembling a Peg Into a Hole Using a Robot," ASME Winter Conference 1987.

18. "Publication of Application Articles in Operations Management," Panel Member, Decision Sciences Institute, Annual Meeting, November 23-25, 1987, Boston.

19. Anand, S, Kenneth Knott, J., Rubinowitz and Michelle Firth, "A Practical Method for Structuring the Bill of Materials for The Shoe and Garment Industry - A Case Study" Proceedings, International Conference on CAD/CAM and Automated Manufacturing, 2.1.4 pp. 1 to 6, Jerusalem, December 11 - 14, 1989.

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