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Found 17295 papers in total
Optimal batting orders in one-day cricket
Optimal batting orders in one-day cricket
2006,
This paper concerns the search for optimal or nearly optimal batting orders in one-day...
Heuristic procedures for the single facility inspection problem with minimal repair and increasing failure rate
Heuristic procedures for the single facility inspection problem with minimal repair and increasing failure rate
2006,
This paper presents the problem of setting inspection schedules for a single imperfect...
Assignment of swimmers to dual meet events
Assignment of swimmers to dual meet events
2006,
Every fall, thousands of high school swimming coaches across the country begin the...
Scheduling the Italian Football League: an ILP-based approach
Scheduling the Italian Football League: an ILP-based approach
2006,
Scheduling the Italian Major Football League (the so-called ‘Serie A’)...
Semidefinite programming based approaches to the break minimization problem
Semidefinite programming based approaches to the break minimization problem
2006,
This paper considers the break minimization problem in sports timetabling. The problem...
Using optimisation and simulation technology to apply marketing-oriented concept for managing a supply chain
Using optimisation and simulation technology to apply marketing-oriented concept for managing a supply chain
2007,
This research is to investigate and solve problems existing in the supply chain of...
Hot-hand effects in sports and a recursive method of computing probabilities for streaks
Hot-hand effects in sports and a recursive method of computing probabilities for streaks
2006,
We give a recursive method of computing probabilities associated with the waiting time...
Towards probabilistic footy tipping: a hybrid approach utilising genetically defined neural networks and linear programming
Towards probabilistic footy tipping: a hybrid approach utilising genetically defined neural networks and linear programming
2006,
Using readily available data from the 1992–1995 Australian Football League...
Curling's paradox
Curling's paradox
2006,
There is an age old debate in curling about whether it is better to be down one point...
Game-theoretic analysis of an ancient Chinese horse race problem
Game-theoretic analysis of an ancient Chinese horse race problem
2006,
This paper analyzes a legendary Chinese horse race problem involving the King of Qi...
Towards fair ranking of Olympics achievements: the case of Sydney 2000
Towards fair ranking of Olympics achievements: the case of Sydney 2000
2006,
In this paper, the issue of whether it is possible to design an objective impartial...
The optimum prepaid monetary incentives for mail surveys
The optimum prepaid monetary incentives for mail surveys
2006,
Increasing mail-survey response using monetary incentives is a proven, but not always...
An application of integer programming to playoff elimination in football championships
An application of integer programming to playoff elimination in football championships
2005,
Football is the most followed and practised sport in Brazil, with a major economic...
A parallel ant colony algorithm for bus network optimization
A parallel ant colony algorithm for bus network optimization
2007,
This study presents an optimization model for a bus network design based on the...
Robust transportation network design under demand uncertainty
Robust transportation network design under demand uncertainty
2007,
This article addresses the problem of a traffic network design problem (NDP) under...
A genetic algorithm approach for optimizing traffic control signals considering routing
A genetic algorithm approach for optimizing traffic control signals considering routing
2007,
It is well known that coordinated, area-wide traffic signal control provides great...
A simulation study on the performance of task-determination rules and delivery-dispatching rules for multiple-load automated guided vehicles
A simulation study on the performance of task-determination rules and delivery-dispatching rules for multiple-load automated guided vehicles
2006,
In this paper, the control problem of multiple-load automated guided vehicles (AGVs)...
Performance measurement using data envelopment analysis and financial statement analysis
Performance measurement using data envelopment analysis and financial statement analysis
2007,
This paper is an analysis of performance measurement in some of Taiwan's electronic...
Tracking change management – using attidudinal and behavioural bench-marking
Tracking change management – using attidudinal and behavioural bench-marking
2001,
In this paper a system of internal and external bench-marking is described. The...
Benchmarking and knowledge management – a European approach
Benchmarking and knowledge management – a European approach
2001,
In the last decade, many firms have developed knowledge management (KM) practices into...
Generation of classes of robust periodic railway timetables
Generation of classes of robust periodic railway timetables
2006,
In this paper we discuss the problem of randomly sampling classes of fixed-interval...
A scenario approach for a capacity planning problem with stochastic demands
A scenario approach for a capacity planning problem with stochastic demands
2007,
A scenario-based approach to solving a multiproduct and stochastic capacity-planning...
Broadening the boundaries: an application of critical systems thinking to information systems planning in Colombia
Broadening the boundaries: an application of critical systems thinking to information systems planning in Colombia
2006,
Most current information systems (IS) planning methodologies are focused on achieving...
Tabu search for a multi-objective routing problem
Tabu search for a multi-objective routing problem
2006,
Multi-objective optimization problems deal with the presence of different conflicting...
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