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Found 17295 papers in total
A path analytic study of the effect of top management support for information systems performance
2004,
Information systems (IS) have become a vital component of an organization's...
A selective data retention approach in massive databases
2004,
Exponentially growing databases have been tackled on two basic fronts: technological...
Optimal knowledge outsourcing model
2003,
Every organization controls its investments in the development and maintenance of...
Economic analysis of a container terminal simulation
2004,
This paper describes a conceptual approach and presents a first study for analysing...
An intelligent logistics support system for enhancing the airfreight forwarding business
2004,
Recent research related to the aircraft container loading and scheduling problem for...
A better probability model for the racetrack using Beyer speed numbers
2003,
The dominant model in research related to the racetrack is that a horse's probability...
Cricket interruptus: fairness and incentive in limited overs cricket matches
2004,
We present an adjustment rule for interrupted cricket matches that equalizes the...
Do mergers improve hospital productivity?
2004,
This paper complements the existing literature on hospital mergers by using data...
Optimal portfolios using linear programming models
2004,
The classical quadratic programming (QP) formulation of the well-known portfolio...
Electronic trading and the process of globalization in traditional futures exchanges: a temporal perspective
2004,
This paper develops a temporal perspective to examine information and communication...
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...
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...
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...
Optimal debt contracts with renegotiation
2004,
This paper studies the role of debt in committing a seller not to trade at a low...
Buyers' alliances for bargaining power
2004,
We provide a novel explanation as to why forming an alliance of buyers (or sellers)...
A model of electronic commerce adoption by small voluntary organizations
2004,
The study discussed in this paper uses case studies of six small voluntary...
Programming and advertising competition in the broadcasting industry
2004,
We analyze competition between two private television channels that derive their...
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...
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...
A flexible and generic approach to dynamic modelling of supply chains
2004,
In this paper, we present a new modelling approach for realistic supply chain...
Analysis and improvement of the product delivery system of a beer producer in Ankara
2004,
We outline our analysis of the product delivery system of a major beer producer in...
Operational design of a supply chain system using the Taguchi method, response surface methodology, simulation, and optimisation
2004,
Managing a supply chain to meet an organization's objectives is a challenge to many...
Minimization of maximum lateness under linear deterioration
2003,
This paper considers a single-machine scheduling problem to minimize the maximum...
A general multi-shift scheduling system
2004,
Rotating work schedules are encountered in several industries and public sector...
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