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Consumer search in electronic markets: an experimental analysis of travel services
Consumer search in electronic markets: an experimental analysis of travel services
2003,
Electronic markets are frequently touted to be highly efficient. The prevailing...
Simple model of resource degradation and agricultural productivity in a subsistence economy
Simple model of resource degradation and agricultural productivity in a subsistence economy
2004,
Resource degradation poses problems in many developing countries. In the model...
Choosing research priorities by using the analytic hierarchy process: an application to international agriculture
Choosing research priorities by using the analytic hierarchy process: an application to international agriculture
2004,
In order to strengthen research coordination and increase the effectiveness of...
On deriving and validating comparative statics of a symmetric model of advertising competition
On deriving and validating comparative statics of a symmetric model of advertising competition
2003,
In this article, a market share attraction model is estimated using a data set of six...
A problem generator–solver heuristic for vehicle routing with soft time windows
A problem generator–solver heuristic for vehicle routing with soft time windows
2003,
In this paper we consider the vehicle routing problem with soft time window...
A synthesis of assignment and heuristic solutions for vehicle routing with time windows
A synthesis of assignment and heuristic solutions for vehicle routing with time windows
2004,
This paper proposes a three-stage method for the vehicle-routing problem with time...
A new hybrid genetic algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem
A new hybrid genetic algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem
2003,
Recently proved successful for variants of the vehicle routing problem (VRP) involving...
District design for arc-routing applications
District design for arc-routing applications
2003,
In this paper we address the problem of district design for the organisation of...
A two-phase multiple objective approach to university timetabling utilising optimisation and evolutionary solution methodologies
A two-phase multiple objective approach to university timetabling utilising optimisation and evolutionary solution methodologies
2003,
The timetabling problem is generally large, highly constrained and discrete in nature....
An incentive scheme for true information providing in Supply Chains
An incentive scheme for true information providing in Supply Chains
2003,
This paper examines the problem of how to establish an incentive scheme to furnish...
Manufacturing networks and supply chains: an operations strategy perspective
Manufacturing networks and supply chains: an operations strategy perspective
2003,
The purpose of this paper is to analyze manufacturing networks and supply chains from...
Simplified material flow holds the key to supply chain integration
Simplified material flow holds the key to supply chain integration
2003,
Many organisations are evaluating their supply chains because they are perceived to be...
Integrated service network design for a cross-docking supply chain network
Integrated service network design for a cross-docking supply chain network
2003,
This paper considers an integrated service network design problem for a given set of...
An efficient constructive heuristic for flowtime minimisation in permutation flow shops
An efficient constructive heuristic for flowtime minimisation in permutation flow shops
2003,
In this paper, we propose a heuristic for mean/total flowtime minimisation in...
An approach to solve a hierarchical stochastic sequential ordering problem
An approach to solve a hierarchical stochastic sequential ordering problem
2003,
In this paper, we study a stochastic sequential ordering problem, where a set of jobs...
A note on a well-known dispatching rule to minimize total tardiness
A note on a well-known dispatching rule to minimize total tardiness
2003,
The single machine tardiness problem is considered. We clarify and correct an earlier...
Minimizing maximum tardiness and number of tardy jobs on parallel machines subject to minimum flow-time
Minimizing maximum tardiness and number of tardy jobs on parallel machines subject to minimum flow-time
2003,
This paper considers the problems of scheduling jobs on parallel identical machines...
Two-resource stochastic capacity planning employing a Bayesian methodology
Two-resource stochastic capacity planning employing a Bayesian methodology
2003,
We examine a stochastic capacity-planning problem with two resources that can satisfy...
A machine-order search space for job-shop scheduling problems
A machine-order search space for job-shop scheduling problems
2003,
This paper proposes a methodology for real-time job-shop scheduling problems (JSSPs)....
A genetic algorithm and the Monte Carlo method for stochastic job-shop scheduling
A genetic algorithm and the Monte Carlo method for stochastic job-shop scheduling
2003,
This paper proposes a method for solving job-shop scheduling problems using a hybrid...
Scheduling the production of rolling ingots: industrial context, model, and solution method
Scheduling the production of rolling ingots: industrial context, model, and solution method
2003,
We study a real-world scheduling problem arising in the context of a rolling ingots...
Two-machine open shop scheduling with secondary criteria
Two-machine open shop scheduling with secondary criteria
2003,
This paper considers two-machine open shop problems with secondary criteria where the...
An experimental analysis of local minima to improve neighbourhood search
An experimental analysis of local minima to improve neighbourhood search
2003,
The paper reports the results from a number of experiments on local search algorithms...
An efficient tabu search approach for the two-machine preemptive open shop scheduling problem
An efficient tabu search approach for the two-machine preemptive open shop scheduling problem
2003,
This article considers the problem of scheduling two-machine preemptive open shops to...
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