Country: United Kingdom

Found 17295 papers in total
On output processes of synchronization queues
2001,
We consider synchronization queues with finite or infinite buffers. There is one flow...
Optimization of a PH/PH/1/N queue with controllable service time and partial information
2001,
We study a queueing system where both inter-arrival and service times are distributed...
Soft with a hard centre: Discrete-event simulation in facilitation
2001,
Discrete event simulation is normally described as a ‘hard’ OR technique....
A use of a nonparametric statistic for data envelopment analysis frontier shift: The Kruskal and Wallis rank test
2001,
A new use of the nonparametric statistic, referred to as the ‘Kruskal and Wallis...
A note on life expectancy in a nonhomogeneous population
2001,
This note offers a simple mathematical model for life expectancy in a nonhomogeneous...
Mining for classes and patterns in behavioural data
2001,
In this paper we compare and contrast the new data mining activity of pattern search...
Property appraisal with a log-t predictive distribution
2000,
A multiplicative model with log-normal errors is used to appraise the market value of...
Assigning pupils to tutor groups in a comprehensive school
2001,
Comprehensive schools in the UK have the annual task of assigning their intake of new...
Testing in unobserved components models
2001,
This article reviews recent work on testing for the presence of non-stationary...
Alternative regime switching models for forecasting inflation
2001,
US inflation appears to undergo shifts in its mean level and variability. We evaluate...
Analysis of the US business cycle with a Vector-Markov-switching model
2001,
This paper identifies turning points for the US ‘business cycle’ using...
An aggregate sales model for consumer durables incorporating a time-varying mean replacement age
2001,
Forecasting category or industry sales is a vital component of a company's planning...
Bounds for the least squares extrapolation in non-linear AR(1) processes
2001,
It is proved that formula for least squares extrapolation in stationary non-linear...
Time series forecasting with neural network ensembles: An application for exchange rate prediction
2001,
This paper investigates the use of neural network combining methods to improve time...
Insights into neural-network forecasting of time series corresponding to ARMA(p,q) structures
2001,
Motivated by the lack of evidence supporting the conjecture that the back-propagation...
From contexts to constructs: The use of grounded theory in operationalising contingent process models
2001,
In software and systems engineering, process models have been suggested that partly...
Knowledge management and the framing of information: A contribution to OR/MS practice and pedagogy
2001,
Successful knowledge management must be based on an understanding of how knowledge is...
Enhancing management's understanding of operational research models
2001,
The problem of the gap between management's understanding of a model and the model...
Outsourcing information systems: Drawing lessons from a banking case study
2001,
Financial and costs benefits are often put forward as the reasons why organisations...
A note on distributed multicast routing in point-to-point networks
2001,
The distributed algorithm for a multicast connection set-up, based on the...
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