Edward Vickers

Technical Papers and Reports

• Supply Chain Management in Automotive Dealership Operations

  A technical/business analysis of dealership parts operations and supply-chain flow.

  Supply chainOperations analysisGitHub

• Root Cause Analysis: VOIP Service Disruption Caused by Damaged Ethernet Cabling

  Investigation into failure of VOIP phone in an automotive parts retail business.

  Root Cause AnalysisTroubleshootingNetworking

• Automotive Retail Customer Service Counter Flow Analysis

  Process-flow analysis for counter service, customer handling, and operational friction in an automotive parts retailer.

  Pending uploadProcess analysisRetail operations

• Using the Battery Tester

  Procedural documentation for correct and consistent battery-tester use.

  Pending uploadProcedureTechnical documentation

• Reinterpretation of a Voltage Divider as a Feedback Loop

  A short technical explanation connecting a basic circuit concept to feedback-system interpretation.

  Pending uploadElectrical engineeringControl systems

• Future Technical Paper Title

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  Draft

Essays

Long-form essays and selected public commentary.

• On Canada

  Pending link

Patents

Issued patent work and related technical invention history.

• Tracking System for Tracking a Moving Signal Source

  U.S. Patent No. 5,592,176. Because USPTO direct PDF links can expire, this page links to the USPTO search page rather than a temporary download URL.

  PatentSignal trackingSystems engineering

Publications

Academic publications, thesis work, conference papers, and future research papers.

• Derivation, Estimation, and Control of an Environmental Plant Growth Chamber

  Master's thesis, Clemson University Graduate School, August 1987.

  ThesisControl systemsEstimation

• Optimal Estimation and Control of an Environmental Plant Growth Chamber

  Twenty-First Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, IEEE Computer Society, March 1, 1989.

  Conference paperIEEEControl systems

• Future PhD-by-publication paper title

  Placeholder for future research paper or abstract link.

  Draft

Fiction

Unpublished novels, other fiction, and selected fanfiction. Published novels can be added as a separate section later.

Contact

For documentation, analysis, writing, and related inquiries.

edward@ehvickers.com