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Material handling device selection in cellular manufacturing
Material handling device selection in cellular manufacturing
2001,
This paper presents a new multi-criteria decision model for the material handling...
Accounting for inspection errors and change in maintenance behaviour
Accounting for inspection errors and change in maintenance behaviour
2002,
We propose a way to account for inspection errors in a particular framework. We...
Heuristics for scheduling with inventory: dynamic focus via constraint criticality
Heuristics for scheduling with inventory: dynamic focus via constraint criticality
2002,
Despite the importance of the management of inventory to industrial scheduling...
Supply planning for industrial ecology and remanufacturing under uncertainty: A numerical study of leaded-waste recovery from television disposal
Supply planning for industrial ecology and remanufacturing under uncertainty: A numerical study of leaded-waste recovery from television disposal
2002,
The use of waste as a raw material for manufacturing is hampered by the uncertainty...
On the design of lottery games
On the design of lottery games
2003,
We describe a model of participation in lottery games designed to address the...
TRACS II: A hybrid integer programming/heuristic driver scheduling system for public transport
TRACS II: A hybrid integer programming/heuristic driver scheduling system for public transport
2002,
We discuss the driver scheduling problem in public transport and describe a combined...
Application of network theory and analytic hierarchy process in urban transportation to minimize earthquake damages
Application of network theory and analytic hierarchy process in urban transportation to minimize earthquake damages
2002,
Network theory and Saaty's analytic hierarchy process (AHP) are considered to be...
Exact fill rates for (R,s,S) inventory control with gamma distributed demand
Exact fill rates for (R,s,S) inventory control with gamma distributed demand
2002,
For the familiar ( R,s,S ) inventory control system only approximate expressions exist...
Controlling multi-indenture repairable inventories of multiple aircraft parts
Controlling multi-indenture repairable inventories of multiple aircraft parts
2002,
This paper presents a model for determining stock levels of repairable items...
Simple expressions for finding recovery system inventory control parameter values
Simple expressions for finding recovery system inventory control parameter values
2003,
In recent years considerable effort has been devoted to the development of inventory...
A data envelopment approach to decision analysis
A data envelopment approach to decision analysis
2002,
A decision aid to assist the development of a linear valuation function for multiple...
Characteristics of positive reciprocal matrices in the analytic hierarchy process
Characteristics of positive reciprocal matrices in the analytic hierarchy process
2002,
Positive reciprocal matrices (PRMs) are the basic elements used by the Analytic...
On optimal algorithms for the joint replenishment problem
On optimal algorithms for the joint replenishment problem
2002,
In this paper, we demonstrate that the algorithm for determining the optimal strict...
Ordering policies for inventory systems with expediting
Ordering policies for inventory systems with expediting
2002,
Most studies in the inventory literature assume either no expediting or placing an...
An alternative heuristic for medianoid and centroid problems in the plane
An alternative heuristic for medianoid and centroid problems in the plane
2003,
This paper develops two heuristics for solving the centroid problem on a plane with...
Linear programming based meta-heuristics for the weighted maximal planar graph
Linear programming based meta-heuristics for the weighted maximal planar graph
2002,
The weighted maximal planar graph (WMPG) is practically important in the laying out of...
An algorithm to compute the probability of a run in binary fourth-order Markovian trials
An algorithm to compute the probability of a run in binary fourth-order Markovian trials
2003,
In this paper we give an algorithm that may be used to compute the probability of the...
Local search algorithms for the min–max loop layout problem
Local search algorithms for the min–max loop layout problem
2002,
In the min–max loop layout problem, machines are to be arranged around a loop of...
A large-scale application of the partial coverage uncapacitated facility location problem
A large-scale application of the partial coverage uncapacitated facility location problem
2003,
The traditional, uncapacitated facility location problem (UFLP) seeks to determine a...
The single-assignment hub covering problem: Models and linearizations
The single-assignment hub covering problem: Models and linearizations
2003,
We study the hub covering problem which, so far, has remained one of the unstudied hub...
A new algorithm for the undesirable 1-center problem on networks
A new algorithm for the undesirable 1-center problem on networks
2002,
Recent papers have developed efficient algorithms for the location of an undesirable...
Branch-and-price algorithm for a combined problem of virtual path establishment and traffic packet routing in a layered communication network
Branch-and-price algorithm for a combined problem of virtual path establishment and traffic packet routing in a layered communication network
2003,
This paper considers a combined problem of establishing virtual paths (VPs) and...
The out-of-kilter algorithm applied to traffic congestion
The out-of-kilter algorithm applied to traffic congestion
2002,
The out-of-kilter algorithm finds a minimum cost assignment of flows to a network...
A prototype cost model of functional check decisions in reliability-centred maintenance
A prototype cost model of functional check decisions in reliability-centred maintenance
2002,
In this paper, the functional check task specified in reliability-centred maintenance...
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