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Found 17295 papers in total
Skill based optimised aiming in darts
2007,
During a game of darts, the aim of a player during the main part of the game is to...
A bracket assignment problem for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
2006,
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament is a 65-team...
On-orbit servicing: a time-dependent, moving-target traveling salesman problem
2006,
The robotic capability of maintaining and repairing space assets, on-orbit servicing...
Prioritisation of public investments in social infrastructures using multicriteria value analysis and decision conferencing: a case study
2006,
Not-for-profit private organisations that provide social services to children, the...
Operations research at Yellowstone National Park
2003,
Yellowstone National Park had expressed a need for improved project management and...
Demonstrating the utility of system dynamics for public policy analysis in New Zealand: the case of excise tax policy on tobacco
2006,
This paper summarises a system dynamics pilot study analysing the relationship of New...
Facing up to opposition
2003,
OR interventions are played out on a stage populated by different interest groups,...
Stochastic analysis of crude oil procurement and processing under uncertain demand for bunker fuel oil
2006,
Bunker fuel oil (ifo), one of the products of petroleum refining, has a strong impact...
Network methods as a tool for defence analysis
2004,
Many problems encountered in the defence sector and other OR areas arise because of an...
Modelling enabling capabilities
2003,
Reforms to UK Ministry of Defence acquisition organisations demand greater coherence...
Application of a regional hurricane wind risk forecasting model for wood-frame houses
2007,
Hurricane wind risk in a region changes over time due to changes in the number, type,...
Publicising operational research projects in the media
2002,
Promoting the results of OR projects in the mass media raises the profile of OR within...
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...
Modelling the operations of a component placement machine with rotational turret and stationary component magazine
2007,
Two major problems faced in the automated assembly of printed circuit boards are the...
Analytic network approach for selecting suppliers considering different cooperation patterns
2006,
This paper aims to examine the weights of criteria and identify the choice of...
The management of expert knowledge for cold roll form design
2007,
This paper describes issues relating to the Knowledge Management (KM) of expert roll...
Managing knowledge through communities of practice: the case of the Singapore Police Force
2007,
There have been many Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives that focused on...
The implications for blood donors if a recipient develops variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
2006,
If a recipient of donated blood develops a disease that might have come from the...
Information systems development methodologies: evidence and experience from the NHS
2004,
This paper reports an early stage in research into the use of IS methodologies in the...
Optimal purchase of two-itemized drugs for a disease
2007,
This paper submits a mathematical model called the two-itemized drugs purchasing...
Medical savings accounts: opportunities for cost savings?
2006,
Interest in medical savings accounts (MSAs) as a potential tool to reduce healthcare...
Total quality management; implementation at public hospitals: A study in Turkey
2007,
This study aims to identify employees' perceptions of the extent to which TQM programs...
Interactive policy analysis – the implications of the interactive part on the analysis part
2002,
Since government policy is no longer the result of an authoritative decision, paying...
Applicability of the Fama–French three-factor model in forecasting portfolio returns
2007,
For the model-based estimation of the equity cost of capital, evidence shows that the...
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