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Found 17295 papers in total
A near-exact method for solving the log-truck scheduling problem
2004,
We propose a solution method for the log-truck scheduling problem which is a...
How green is my valley? – evaluating the environment impact of products and production processes
2000,
Attempts have been made to compare the environmental impact or burden of different...
Applying MIXALG procedure in a routing problem to optimize food product delivery
2003,
This work seeks to develop the MIXALG method as a way of solving routing problems of...
Monitoring healthcare performance by analytic hierarchy process: a developing-country perspective
2004,
The formulation and solution of multi-criteria healthcare decision problems is of...
An intelligent system for prioritisation of organ transplant patient waiting lists using fuzzy logic
2004,
The objective of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of using fuzzy logic...
Population needs assessment and access modelling for cardiac services
2004,
The National Service Framework (NSF) for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), recently...
Implications of space and time for distributed work: an interpretive study of US–Norwegian systems development teams
2004,
In this paper, utilizing the often taken-for-granted notions of space and time, we...
On the challenges of healthcare modelling and a proposed project life cycle for successful implementation
2004,
OR methods and tools are being increasingly applied within the health services domain...
Programming and advertising competition in the broadcasting industry
2004,
We analyze competition between two private television channels that derive their...
Multistate Markov models for disease progression with classification error
2003,
Many chronic diseases have a natural interpretation in terms of staged progression....
A model of electronic commerce adoption by small voluntary organizations
2004,
The study discussed in this paper uses case studies of six small voluntary...
Buyers' alliances for bargaining power
2004,
We provide a novel explanation as to why forming an alliance of buyers (or sellers)...
Optimal debt contracts with renegotiation
2004,
This paper studies the role of debt in committing a seller not to trade at a low...
Efficient p-median mathematical programming approaches to machine-part grouping in group technology manufacturing
2004,
This article develops efficient p -median mathematical formulations for solving the...
Linear programming modelling of the finishing hot rolling programme for low carbon steel coils
2004,
In this paper a mathematical model was developed to optimize the finishing rolling of...
Robust optimization of cardiovascular stents: a comparison of methods
2004,
Modern engineering design contains both creative and analytic components. This paper...
A fuzzy derivative approach to classification of outcomes from the Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Committee database
2004,
The Australian Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Committee (ADRAC) database has been...
Data mining of the Australian adverse drug reactions database: a comparison of Bayesian and other statistical indicators
2004,
The Australian adverse drug reactions database is derived from 140,000 reports over 30...
Dissymmetric warfare versus asymmetric warfare
2004,
This paper presents two concepts: asymmetric warfare and dissymmetric warfare. NATO...
School redistricting: embedding GIS tools with integer programming
2004,
The paper deals with a school redistricting problem in which blocks of a city must be...
Operational research in the UK Ministry of Defence: an overview
2004,
The paper presents a survey of operational research (OR) as it is currently used in...
Using soft systems methodology to rethink the analysis of energy efficiency initiatives
2004,
This paper reflects an attempt to rethink the process of analysis of energy efficiency...
Development of a novel family of military campaign simulation models
2004,
Dstl has sponsored the development and use of a family of campaign level models of...
The efficient frontier for spot and forward purchases: an application to electricity
2004,
A local electricity distribution company (LDC) can reduce its exposure to the inherent...
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