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Found 17295 papers in total
Resuscitating the cobweb cycle
2004,
This article shows that permanent fluctuations in the cobweb model – though...
Technically optimal inspection policy with arithmetical adaption
2003,
A process is considered whose quality deteriorates according to a constant failure...
A software framework for fast prototyping of meta-heuristics hybridization
2007,
Hybrids of meta-heuristics have been shown to be more effective and adaptable than...
An integrated economic model for inventory and quality control problems
2005,
This paper develops an integrated economic model for inventory and quality control...
An ant colony algorithm for solving budget constrained and unconstrained dynamic facility layout problems
2006,
The main characteristic of today's manufacturing environments is volatility. Under a...
How useful is commonality? Inventory and production decisions to maximize survival probability in start-ups
2003,
This paper deals with component commonality in start-up manufacturing firms. We...
On the optimality of inventory models with deteriorating items for demand and on-hand inventory dependent production rate
2004,
In this paper we present two flexible production lot size inventory models for...
Determination of cutoff time for express courier services: a genetic algorithm approach
2007,
As the result of an explosive growth in e-tailing, telemarketing, and television...
Replenishment policy for economic order quantity models with time-dependent quadratic demand and shortages
2007,
In this paper, we develop two Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) models for quadratic...
A hybrid genetic algorithm for production and distribution
2005,
This paper develops a hybrid genetic algorithm for production and distribution...
Modified differential evolution: a greedy random strategy for genetic recombination
2005,
Over the past three decades Evolutionary Algorithms have emerged as a powerful...
A classifying procedure for signalling turning points
2004,
A Hidden Markov Model (HMM) is used to classify an out-of-sample observation vector...
Value at risk from econometric models and implied from currency options
2004,
This paper compares daily exchange rate value at risk estimates derived from...
Beating the logarithmic lower bound: randomized preemptive disjoint paths and call control algorithms
2003,
We consider the maximum disjoint paths problem and its generalization, the call...
Optimization and equilibrium problems with equilibrium constraints
2005,
This paper concerns optimization and equilibrium problems with the so-called...
Proximal proper efficiency in set-valued optimization
2005,
In this paper, we introduce the concept of cone semilocal convex and cone semilocal...
Probability distributions, trading strategies and leverage: an application of Gaussian mixture models
2004,
The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to assess the merit of estimating...
Revisiting branch and bound search strategies for machine scheduling problems
2004,
In the design of exact methods for NP-hard machine scheduling problems, branch and...
Determining the optimal constrained multi-item (Q, r) inventory policy by maximising risk-adjusted profit
2005,
The predominant approach to determining replenishment batch sizes for capital...
Integrating scenario planning and goal programming
2003,
This paper concerns the integration of goal programming and scenario planning as an...
Interactive fuzzy goal programming for multi-objective transportation problems
2006,
This paper presents an interactive fuzzy goal programming approach to determine the...
Multi-choice goal programming
2007,
The situation of multi-choice aspiration levels (MCAL) may exist in many...
Community of practice and metacapabilities
2003,
Continuous reinvention of the organization through learning is a key feature of...
Trade-offs between knowledge exploitation and exploration activities
2005,
This paper explores trade-offs between knowledge exploitation and exploration...
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