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Found 17295 papers in total
Enabling the seamless supply chain by exploiting the four smooth material flow controls
Enabling the seamless supply chain by exploiting the four smooth material flow controls
2006,
A decade after the publication of the concept of smooth material flow via four...
Multiple-retrieval case-based reasoning for course timetabling problems
Multiple-retrieval case-based reasoning for course timetabling problems
2006,
The structured representation of cases by attribute graphs in a case-based reasoning...
A tabu search algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pick-up and delivery service
A tabu search algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pick-up and delivery service
2006,
The vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pick-up and delivery (VRP_SPD) is a...
A two-stage hybrid algorithm for pickup and delivery vehicle routing problems with time windows
A two-stage hybrid algorithm for pickup and delivery vehicle routing problems with time windows
2006,
This paper presents a two-stage hybrid algorithm for pickup and delivery vehicle...
A tabu search heuristic for the truck and trailer routing problem
A tabu search heuristic for the truck and trailer routing problem
2006,
Two new construction heuristics and a tabu search heuristic are presented for the...
Arc routing in a node routing environment
Arc routing in a node routing environment
2006,
We describe a special variant of the vehicle routing problem (VRP), where there are...
Vehicle routing and scheduling with dynamic travel times
Vehicle routing and scheduling with dynamic travel times
2006,
The field of dynamic vehicle routing and scheduling is growing at a fast pace...
Lagrangian duality applied to the vehicle routing problem with time windows
Lagrangian duality applied to the vehicle routing problem with time windows
2006,
This paper considers the vehicle routing problem with time windows, where the service...
Solving capacitated arc routing problems using a transformation to the capacitated vehicle routing problem
Solving capacitated arc routing problems using a transformation to the capacitated vehicle routing problem
2006,
A well-known transformation by Pearn, Assad and Golden reduces a capacitated arc...
Sequential search and its application to vehicle-routing problems
Sequential search and its application to vehicle-routing problems
2006,
Local search is the most frequently used heuristic technique for solving combinatorial...
A reactive tabu search for the vehicle routing problem
A reactive tabu search for the vehicle routing problem
2006,
The classical vehicle routing problem (VRP) involves determining a fleet of...
New measures of proximity for the assignment algorithms in the multi-depot vehicle routing problem with time windows
New measures of proximity for the assignment algorithms in the multi-depot vehicle routing problem with time windows
2006,
This paper proposes new proximity measures for assignment algorithms for the...
Vehicle routing problem with simultaneous deliveries and pickups
Vehicle routing problem with simultaneous deliveries and pickups
2006,
The vehicle routing problem with backhauls involves the delivery and pickup of goods...
A continuous approach to considering uncertainty in facility design
A continuous approach to considering uncertainty in facility design
2006,
This paper presents a formulation of the facilities block layout problem which...
Simulated annealing heuristics for the dynamic facility layout problem
Simulated annealing heuristics for the dynamic facility layout problem
2006,
In today's economy, manufacturing plants must be able to operate efficiently and...
The magic of the sharp end of the vehicle routing problem – A view from Rio de Janeiro of two case studies looking at the practice of logistics/operational research in the area of the vehicle routing problem
The magic of the sharp end of the vehicle routing problem – A view from Rio de Janeiro of two case studies looking at the practice of logistics/operational research in the area of the vehicle routing problem
2002,
No abstract available.
Competitive pricing with dynamic asymmetric price effects
Competitive pricing with dynamic asymmetric price effects
2005,
We model the temporal pricing strategies for two firms with asymmetric costs and...
Electricity price forecasting through transfer function models
Electricity price forecasting through transfer function models
2006,
Forecasting electricity prices in presentday competitive electricity markets is a must...
Forecasting for intermittent demand: the estimation of an unbiased average
Forecasting for intermittent demand: the estimation of an unbiased average
2006,
The majority of the range of items held by many stockists exhibit intermittent demand....
Farm household efficiency in Bangladesh: a comparison of stochastic frontier and data envelopment analysis methods
Farm household efficiency in Bangladesh: a comparison of stochastic frontier and data envelopment analysis methods
2000,
This study compares estimates of technical efficiency obtained from the stochastic...
Integrated inventory control and inspection policies with deterministic demand
Integrated inventory control and inspection policies with deterministic demand
2006,
In this paper, we develop integrated inventory inspection models with and without...
Total allowable catch for managing squat lobster fishery using stochastic nonlinear programming
Total allowable catch for managing squat lobster fishery using stochastic nonlinear programming
2006,
The authors' work on lobster fishery in Chile is summarized in this paper. The paper...
Integrating inspection-policy design in assembly-line balancing
Integrating inspection-policy design in assembly-line balancing
2006,
This paper addresses the problem of assembly-line balancing and selection of the best...
A responsive demand management framework for the minimization of waste in convenience food manufacture
A responsive demand management framework for the minimization of waste in convenience food manufacture
2006,
Convenience food manufacture generates considerable waste through poor planning of...
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