Country: United Kingdom

Found 17295 papers in total
Aggregate planning for seasonal demand: reconciling theory with practice
Aggregate planning for seasonal demand: reconciling theory with practice
2005,
Purpose – The paper reports on the ramifications for production planning when...
More on ‘Models and algorithms for the dynamic-demand joint replenishment problem’
More on ‘Models and algorithms for the dynamic-demand joint replenishment problem’
2006,
This paper presents tight mathematical programming formulations for the dynamic demand...
Supply chain dynamics: analysis of inventory vs. order oscillations trade-off
Supply chain dynamics: analysis of inventory vs. order oscillations trade-off
2006,
The use of Advanced Planning Systems (APS) has become widespread in many industries....
Estimation in supply chain inventory management
Estimation in supply chain inventory management
2006,
Differences in estimation or forecasting procedures could produce dramatically...
Comparative study of push and pull systems considering quality performance in a cell-based job shop environment
Comparative study of push and pull systems considering quality performance in a cell-based job shop environment
2005,
Simulation experiments were used to investigate the influences of quality performance...
Hybrid Petri net and digraph approach for deadlock prevention in automated manufacturing systems
Hybrid Petri net and digraph approach for deadlock prevention in automated manufacturing systems
2005,
This paper proposes a hybrid approach to deadlock prevention in automated...
Tabu search-based approach to multi-objective machine-part cell formation
Tabu search-based approach to multi-objective machine-part cell formation
2005,
The machine-part cell formation with respect to multiple objectives has been an...
Multi-objective assembly line balacing via a modified ant colony optimization technique
Multi-objective assembly line balacing via a modified ant colony optimization technique
2006,
A technique derived from ant colony optimization is presented that addresses multiple...
Two-phase heuristic for disassembly scheduling with multiple product types and parts commonality
Two-phase heuristic for disassembly scheduling with multiple product types and parts commonality
2006,
Disassembly scheduling is one of the important planning problems in disassembly...
A simulation-based comparison of batch sizes in a continuous processing industry
A simulation-based comparison of batch sizes in a continuous processing industry
2006,
The benefits of lot size reduction in discrete manufacturing firms have been touted to...
Process knowledge generation and knowledge management to support product quality in the process industry by supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) open systems
Process knowledge generation and knowledge management to support product quality in the process industry by supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) open systems
2006,
Product quality is the product's fitness for purpose. In the process industry this is...
A neutral data interface specification for simulating machine shop operations
A neutral data interface specification for simulating machine shop operations
2006,
In most cases, the effort required to develop a meaningful simulation for a small...
Supply chain simulation: generic models and application examples
Supply chain simulation: generic models and application examples
2006,
This paper proposes a simulation system to support designing supply chain management...
Using simulation for supply chain analysis: reviewing and proposing distributed simulation frameworks
Using simulation for supply chain analysis: reviewing and proposing distributed simulation frameworks
2006,
Simulation modelling and analysis can be an extremely effective tool for supply chain...
An approach for the quantitative consideration of soft-facts for planning and controlling networked production structures
An approach for the quantitative consideration of soft-facts for planning and controlling networked production structures
2006,
This contribution introduces an approach which makes it possible to take into...
A fuzzy goal-programming model of machine-tool selection and operation allocation problem in FMS: a quick converging simulated annealing-based approach
A fuzzy goal-programming model of machine-tool selection and operation allocation problem in FMS: a quick converging simulated annealing-based approach
2006,
Fuzzy set theory has been widely accepted in modelling of some of the vague phenomena...
On-line scheduling and control of flexible manufacturing cells using automata theory
On-line scheduling and control of flexible manufacturing cells using automata theory
2006,
An effective flexible-manufacturing-cell (FMC) controller can be synthesized using...
A fuzzy ANP-based approach to R&D project selection: a case study
A fuzzy ANP-based approach to R&D project selection: a case study
2005,
Research and development (R&D) project selection is a complex decision-making...
Multilevel capacitated lot-sizing and resource-constrained project scheduling: an integrating perspective
Multilevel capacitated lot-sizing and resource-constrained project scheduling: an integrating perspective
2005,
Some well-known decision problems can be regarded as special cases of the...
A tool for computing computer network reliability
A tool for computing computer network reliability
2005,
The computation of the reliability of a computer network is one of the important tasks...
Using the unconstrained quadratic program to model and solve Max 2-SAT problems
Using the unconstrained quadratic program to model and solve Max 2-SAT problems
2005,
Satisfiability (SAT) and Max-SAT problems have been the object of considerable...
Matrix-free algorithm for the large-scale constrained trust-region subproblem
Matrix-free algorithm for the large-scale constrained trust-region subproblem
2006,
A new ‘matrix-free’ algorithm for the solution of linear inequality...
An M/G/1 retrial queue with balking and retrials during service
An M/G/1 retrial queue with balking and retrials during service
2005,
We consider an M/G/1 retrial queue with general retrial times. Customers may balk or...
An entropy measure of operating performance uncertainty in queues: Markovian examples
An entropy measure of operating performance uncertainty in queues: Markovian examples
2005,
In information theory, Shannon, entropy function is used to measure message...
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