Balakrishnan Anantaram

Anantaram Balakrishnan

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Found 27 papers in total
Optimal Network Design with End-to-End Service Requirements
Optimal Network Design with End-to-End Service Requirements
2017
Long‐term planning for transportation, telecommunications, and other service...
Real-Time Decision Support for Crew Assignment in Double-Ended Districts for U.S. Freight Railways
Real-Time Decision Support for Crew Assignment in Double-Ended Districts for U.S. Freight Railways
2016
Crew costs are a significant portion of rail operating expenses, and so effective...
Integrated Procurement Planning in Multi-division Firms
Integrated Procurement Planning in Multi-division Firms
2014
For large multi‐division firms, coordinating procurement policies across...
Browse-and-Switch: Retail-Online Competition under Value Uncertainty
Browse-and-Switch: Retail-Online Competition under Value Uncertainty
2014
Although online shopping is becoming popular, consumers who are unsure about whether...
Hierarchical approach for survivable network design
Hierarchical approach for survivable network design
2013
A central design challenge facing network planners is how to select a...
Integrating the Promotional and Service Roles of Retail Inventories
Integrating the Promotional and Service Roles of Retail Inventories
2008
In some retail contexts, higher inventories not only improve service levels, but also...
‘Stack them high, let 'em fly’: Lot-sizing policies when inventories stimulate demand
‘Stack them high, let 'em fly’: Lot-sizing policies when inventories stimulate demand
2004
In some retail contexts, stocking large quantities of inventory may not only improve...
Coordinating supply chains by controlling upstream variability propagation
Coordinating supply chains by controlling upstream variability propagation
2004
Effective distribution using collaborative fulfillment networks requires coordination...
Production planning with flexible product specifications: An application to specialty steel manufacturing
Production planning with flexible product specifications: An application to specialty steel manufacturing
2003
Responding to varying customer needs for product customization, quantities, or lead...
Spare-capacity assignment for line restoration using a single-facility type
Spare-capacity assignment for line restoration using a single-facility type
2002
The network restoration problem is a specialized capacitated network design problem...
Telecommunication link restoration planning with multiple facility types
Telecommunication link restoration planning with multiple facility types
2001
To ensure uninterrupted service, telecommunication networks contain excess (spare)...
Intuitive solution-doubling techniques for worst-case analysis of some survivable network design problems
Intuitive solution-doubling techniques for worst-case analysis of some survivable network design problems
2001
An intuitive solution-doubling argument establishes well known results concerning the...
Optimizing delivery fees for a network of distributors
Optimizing delivery fees for a network of distributors
2000
The third-party logistics industry has grown rapidly in recent years, accounting for...
Requirements planning with substitutions: Exploiting bill-of-materials flexibility in production planning
Requirements planning with substitutions: Exploiting bill-of-materials flexibility in production planning
2000
Designing product lines with substitutable components and subassemblies permits...
A tactical planning model for mixed-model electronics assembly operations
A tactical planning model for mixed-model electronics assembly operations
1999
This paper develops an optimization model and methodology to support tactical planning...
Circuit diagnosis support system for electronics assembly operations
Circuit diagnosis support system for electronics assembly operations
1999
Diagnosis and repair operations are often major bottlenecks in electronics circuit...
Designing hierarchical survivable networks
Designing hierarchical survivable networks
1998
As the computer, communication, and entertainment industries begin to integrate phone,...
Selecting ingot sizes for joint production of sheet products
Selecting ingot sizes for joint production of sheet products
1996
This paper addresses a tactical planning problem of selecting standard ingot sizes to...
A decomposition algorithm for local access telecommunications network expansion planning
A decomposition algorithm for local access telecommunications network expansion planning
1995
Growing demand, increasing diversity of services, and advances in transmission and...
Bottleneck resource allocation in manufacturing
Bottleneck resource allocation in manufacturing
1996
Many resource-allocation problems in manufacturing and service operations require...
A decomposition algorithm for local access telecommunications network expansion planning
A decomposition algorithm for local access telecommunications network expansion planning
1995
Growing demand, increasing diversity of services, and advances in transmission and...
Selecting ingot sizes for joint production of sheet products
Selecting ingot sizes for joint production of sheet products
1996
The paper addresses a tactical planning problem of selecting standard ingot sizes to...
Interdisciplinary industry-university collaboration: Lessons from an operations improvement project
Interdisciplinary industry-university collaboration: Lessons from an operations improvement project
1995
A six-month Leaders-for-Manufacturing student internship at the Alcoa extrusion and...
Modeling and heuristic worst-case performance analysis of the Two-level Network Design problem
Modeling and heuristic worst-case performance analysis of the Two-level Network Design problem
1994
This paper studies a multi-facility network synthesis problem, called the Two-level...
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