Country: Canada

Found 531 papers in total
Business process redesign in healthcare: towards a structured approach
Business process redesign in healthcare: towards a structured approach
2005,
This paper focuses on the potential contribution of Business Process Redesign to...
On the expansion problem of reliable internet protocol networks with performance guarantees
On the expansion problem of reliable internet protocol networks with performance guarantees
2005,
In this paper, we tackle the problem of how to expand Internet protocol (IP) networks...
Cost-effective and reliable grinding schedules for inland cement
Cost-effective and reliable grinding schedules for inland cement
2006,
The final phase of cement production at Inland Cement Edmonton is the grinding of an...
Performance benchmarking for Taiwan's international tourist hotels
Performance benchmarking for Taiwan's international tourist hotels
2006,
This study proposes an alternative data envelopment analysis (DEA) method to explore...
Some necessary conditions and a general sufficiency condition for the validity of a Gilmore–Gomory type patching scheme for the traveling salesman problem
Some necessary conditions and a general sufficiency condition for the validity of a Gilmore–Gomory type patching scheme for the traveling salesman problem
2007,
One of the most celebrated polynomially solvable cases of the TSP is the...
The greedy algorithm for the symmetric traveling salesman problem
The greedy algorithm for the symmetric traveling salesman problem
2007,
We corrected proofs of two results on the greedy algorithm for the Symmetric TSP and...
Steiner tree problems with profits
Steiner tree problems with profits
2006,
This is a survey of the Steiner tree problem with profits, a variation of the...
Gender-specific genetic algorithms
Gender-specific genetic algorithms
2006,
In this paper we propose to incorporate gender in genetic algorithms. Existing genetic...
Sensitivity analysis in linear and convex quadratic optimization: invariant active constraint set and invariant set intervals
Sensitivity analysis in linear and convex quadratic optimization: invariant active constraint set and invariant set intervals
2006,
Support set invariancy sensitivity analysis is concerned with finding the range of...
Optimal lot sizing under carload discount schedules
Optimal lot sizing under carload discount schedules
2005,
In order to encourage customers to buy more of an item, suppliers often offer discount...
Correction to the one-period order quantity when supply is uncertain and demand is uniform
Correction to the one-period order quantity when supply is uncertain and demand is uniform
2006,
A few articles have been written on the determination of the order quantity in a...
Compressed workweek scheduling with days-off consecutivity, weekend-off frequency, and work stretch constraints
Compressed workweek scheduling with days-off consecutivity, weekend-off frequency, and work stretch constraints
2006,
This paper presents a three-day workweek scheduling problem with four types of...
Optimally balancing large assembly lines: updating Johnson's 1988 Fable algorithm
Optimally balancing large assembly lines: updating Johnson's 1988 Fable algorithm
2006,
In 1988 Roger Johnson published a paper entitled ‘Optimally Balancing Large...
The pickup and delivery problem with time windows and transshipment
The pickup and delivery problem with time windows and transshipment
2006,
Pickup and delivery problems with time windows are frequently encountered by courier...
Antenna positioning in mobile telecommunication networks
Antenna positioning in mobile telecommunication networks
2006,
This paper examines the Antenna Positioning Problem in cellular networks, involving...
Measuring bank branch efficiency using data envelopment analysis: managerial and implementation issues
Measuring bank branch efficiency using data envelopment analysis: managerial and implementation issues
2006,
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to assess the efficiency of branches of a...
‘Binarize and Project’ to generate cuts for general mixed-integer programs
‘Binarize and Project’ to generate cuts for general mixed-integer programs
2007,
We consider mixed-integer linear programs with arbitrary bounded integer variables. We...
Job shop scheduling with unit length tasks: bounds and algorithms
Job shop scheduling with unit length tasks: bounds and algorithms
2007,
We consider the job shop scheduling problem unit–J m , where each job is...
Vertex 3-colorability of claw-free graphs
Vertex 3-colorability of claw-free graphs
2007,
The 3-colorability problem is NP-complete in the class of claw-free graphs. In this...
Hybrid Continuous Interacting Ant Colony aimed at enhanced global optimization
Hybrid Continuous Interacting Ant Colony aimed at enhanced global optimization
2007,
Ant colony algorithms are a class of metaheuristics which are inspired from the...
On-line network synthesis
On-line network synthesis
2007,
We consider on-line network synthesis problems. Let N = {1, , n} be a set of n sites....
Constructing incremental sequences in graphs
Constructing incremental sequences in graphs
2006,
Given a weighted graph G=(V,E,w) , we investigate the problem of constructing a...
On-line bin packing with two item sizes
On-line bin packing with two item sizes
2006,
We study the on-line bin packing problem (BPP). In BPP, we are given a sequence B of...
Mathematical models of the delay constrained routing problem
Mathematical models of the delay constrained routing problem
2006,
Given a network with known link capacities and traffic demands, one can compute the...
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