Vasko Francis J.

Francis J. Vasko

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Found 13 papers in total
A hierarchical approach for the application of slabs to strip products in the steel industry
A hierarchical approach for the application of slabs to strip products in the steel industry
2005
In the mid-1990s, the Sparrows Point Steel Plant began an initiative to achieve...
Play ball – equally: math programming lends a hand to Little League baseball
Play ball – equally: math programming lends a hand to Little League baseball
2003
This paper is concerned with the problem of ensuring that every player in a Little...
Making steel cool – an intelligent search strategy for optimising water spray settings on a continuous caster
Making steel cool – an intelligent search strategy for optimising water spray settings on a continuous caster
1999
Optimising the water spray settings on a continuous casting machine in the steel...
The cable trench problem: Combining the shortest path and minimum spanning tree problems
The cable trench problem: Combining the shortest path and minimum spanning tree problems
2002
Let G = (V, E) be a connected graph with specified vertex υ 0 ∈ V , length...
A hierarchical approach for one-dimensional cutting stock problems in the steel industry that maximizes yield and minimizes overgrading
A hierarchical approach for one-dimensional cutting stock problems in the steel industry that maximizes yield and minimizes overgrading
1999
In the steel industry, as hot steel products exit the producing facility, they are cut...
A computational note on the Martello-Toth knapsack algorithm
A computational note on the Martello-Toth knapsack algorithm
1994
Martello and Toth are well known for their work on the 0-1 kanpsack problem....
Using a facility location algorithm to determine optimum cast bloom lengths
Using a facility location algorithm to determine optimum cast bloom lengths
1996
The dimensions of a bloom, which is a rectangular piece of steel, are critical for...
A real-time one-dimensional cutting stock algorithm for balanced cutting patterns
A real-time one-dimensional cutting stock algorithm for balanced cutting patterns
1993
In the steel industry when a finished structural shape, exits the mill upon which it...
Bethlehem Steel combines cutting stock and set covering to enhance customer service
Bethlehem Steel combines cutting stock and set covering to enhance customer service
1992
Some Bethlehem Steel customers order master coils of sheet steel which are slit into a...
An application combining set covering and fuzzy sets to optimally assign metallurgical grades to customer orders
An application combining set covering and fuzzy sets to optimally assign metallurgical grades to customer orders
1993
In order to optimize the productivity and yield of a modern high-speed continuous...
An efficient heuristic for planning mother plate requirements at Bethlehem Steel
An efficient heuristic for planning mother plate requirements at Bethlehem Steel
1991
So that Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point plant can produce narrow-width (NW)...
A set covering approach to metallurgical grade assignment
A set covering approach to metallurgical grade assignment
1989
Early in 1986 Bethlehem Steel Corporation installed two continuous slab caster...
A practical solution to a fuzzy two-dimensional cutting stock problem
A practical solution to a fuzzy two-dimensional cutting stock problem
1989
An important implementation of the two-dimensional cutting stock problem is the...
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