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Found 3096 papers in total
Order consolidation for batch processing
Order consolidation for batch processing
2005,
We consider the batch processing of orders where either whole or part of a single...
Average-case competitive analyses for ski-rental problems
Average-case competitive analyses for ski-rental problems
2005,
Let s be the ratio of the cost for purchasing skis over the cost for renting them....
Empirical optimization in a reliability problem
Empirical optimization in a reliability problem
2000,
The optimal spacing of inspections of a parallel system with m components is...
On a two-queue priority system with impatience and its application to a call center
On a two-queue priority system with impatience and its application to a call center
1999,
We consider an s-server priority system with a protected and an unprotected queue. The...
Models and approximations for call center design
Models and approximations for call center design
2003,
A call center is a facility for delivering telephone service, both incoming and...
Minimizing mean completion time in a batch processing system
Minimizing mean completion time in a batch processing system
2004,
We consider batch processing jobs to minimize the mean completion time. A batch...
Approximation schemes for scheduling on uniformly related and identical parallel machines
Approximation schemes for scheduling on uniformly related and identical parallel machines
2004,
We give a polynomial approximation scheme for the problem of scheduling on uniformly...
Scheduling malleable parallel tasks: An asymptotic fully polynomial time approximation scheme
Scheduling malleable parallel tasks: An asymptotic fully polynomial time approximation scheme
2004,
A malleable parallel task is one whose execution time is a function of the number of...
Minimizing makespan in batch machine scheduling
Minimizing makespan in batch machine scheduling
2004,
We study the scheduling of a set of n jobs, each characterized by a release (arrival)...
Tabu guided generalized hill climbing algorithms
Tabu guided generalized hill climbing algorithms
2004,
This paper formulates tabu search strategies that guide generalized hill climbing...
Online and offline algorithms for the time-dependent traveling salesman problem with time zones
Online and offline algorithms for the time-dependent traveling salesman problem with time zones
2004,
The time-dependent traveling salesman problem (TDTSP) is a variant of TSP with...
New approximation results for the maximum scatter traveling salesperson problem
New approximation results for the maximum scatter traveling salesperson problem
2005,
We consider the following maximum scatter traveling salesperson problem (TSP): given...
On the moments of overflow and freed carried traffic for the GI/M/C/0 system
On the moments of overflow and freed carried traffic for the GI/M/C/0 system
2002,
In circuit-switched networks call streams are characterized by their mean and...
The embedded random walk in the stationary M/M/1 queue
The embedded random walk in the stationary M/M/1 queue
2002,
We consider the stationary queue length process of the standard M/M/ 1 queue just...
A polynomial factorization approach for the discrete time GIX/>G/1/K queue
A polynomial factorization approach for the discrete time GIX/>G/1/K queue
2004,
This paper proposes a polynomial factorization approach for queue length distribution...
A note extending Grosskopf, Hayes, Taylor and Weber, “Anticipating the consequences of school reform: A new use of DEA”
A note extending Grosskopf, Hayes, Taylor and Weber, “Anticipating the consequences of school reform: A new use of DEA”
2005,
The article cited in the current paper's title shows how to extend Data Envelopment...
Adoption of agroforestry innovations in the tropics: A review
Adoption of agroforestry innovations in the tropics: A review
2004,
The period since the early 1990s has witnessed an explosion of research on the...
Predicting maize and soybean production in a sheltered field in the Cornbelt region of North Central USA
Predicting maize and soybean production in a sheltered field in the Cornbelt region of North Central USA
2005,
Shelterbelts (field windbreaks) are an important tool for farming in semi-arid areas...
A GA-based household scheduler
A GA-based household scheduler
2005,
One way of making activity-based travel analysis operational for transport planning is...
Land-use system modeling and analysis of shaded cacao production in Belize
Land-use system modeling and analysis of shaded cacao production in Belize
2005,
Shaded cacao ( Theobroma cacao ) cultivation is a tropical land-use that has potential...
Evaluating cost efficiency and returns to scale in the Life Insurance Corporation of India using data envelopment analysis
Evaluating cost efficiency and returns to scale in the Life Insurance Corporation of India using data envelopment analysis
2005,
This paper applies a new variant of data envelopment analysis model to examine the...
Characterization of irrigated holdings in the Terra Chá region of Spain: A first step towards a water management model
Characterization of irrigated holdings in the Terra Chá region of Spain: A first step towards a water management model
2005,
The European Union's Water Framework Directive, and in Spain the National Irrigation...
Derivation of optimal hedging rules for a water-supply reservoir through compromise programming
Derivation of optimal hedging rules for a water-supply reservoir through compromise programming
2005,
This study derives optimal hedging rules for simultaneously minimizing short- and...
Estimation of potential soil erosion for River Perkerra catchment in Kenya
Estimation of potential soil erosion for River Perkerra catchment in Kenya
2005,
River Perkerra catchment with an area of 1207 km 2 is drained by River Perkerra, which...
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