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Labour flexibility and assignment policies in a job shop having incommensurable objectives
Labour flexibility and assignment policies in a job shop having incommensurable objectives
2001,
This study evaluates operating policies for offering a near-perfect delivery...
Cyclic scheduling heuristics for a re-entrant job shop manufacturing environment
Cyclic scheduling heuristics for a re-entrant job shop manufacturing environment
2001,
Two efficient cyclic scheduling heuristics for re-entrant job shop environments were...
Sequencing constant work-in progress (CONWIP) flow-shops: Analysis and heuristics
Sequencing constant work-in progress (CONWIP) flow-shops: Analysis and heuristics
2001,
In this paper, we address the backlog sequencing problem in a flow-shop controlled by...
An optimal dwell point policy for automated storage/retrieval systems with uniformly distributed, rectangular racks
An optimal dwell point policy for automated storage/retrieval systems with uniformly distributed, rectangular racks
2001,
This study is to develop an optimal dwell point policy for automated storage/retrieval...
Routing methods for warehouses with multiple cross aisles
Routing methods for warehouses with multiple cross aisles
2001,
This paper considers routing and layout issues for parallel aisle warehouses. In such...
A bi-directional path layout for conflict-free routing of automated guided vehicles
A bi-directional path layout for conflict-free routing of automated guided vehicles
2001,
Automated Guided Vehicles (or AGVs for short) are now widely used in automated...
The source of poor policy: Controlling learning drift and premature consensus in human organizations
The source of poor policy: Controlling learning drift and premature consensus in human organizations
2001,
As system dynamicists, we spend our days finding and patching up faulty policies,...
From limits to growth to sustainable development or SD (sustainable development) in a SD (system dynamics) perspective
From limits to growth to sustainable development or SD (sustainable development) in a SD (system dynamics) perspective
2000,
This article highlights the strength of the basic system dynamics tools (system...
Not only the tragedy of the commons: Misperceptions of feedback and policies for sustainable development
Not only the tragedy of the commons: Misperceptions of feedback and policies for sustainable development
2000,
This article summarizes key insights from four laboratory experiments to study...
Managing the supply chain with standard mixed loads
Managing the supply chain with standard mixed loads
2001,
Describes the complementary standard mixed loads concept (the standard mix concept in...
Primal–dual methods for sustainable harvest scheduling problems
Primal–dual methods for sustainable harvest scheduling problems
2001,
Timber harvest schedules form the heart of forest resource management. The operations...
Toward a dynamic theory of antibiotic resistance
Toward a dynamic theory of antibiotic resistance
2000,
Many common bacterial pathogens have become increasingly resistant to the antibiotics...
Model-based scenarios for the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS: The consequences of highly active antiretroviral therapy
Model-based scenarios for the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS: The consequences of highly active antiretroviral therapy
2001,
A system dynamics model of HIV/AIDS epidemiology is employed to simulate the effects...
Rerum cognoscere causas: Part I – How do the ideas of system dynamics relate to traditional social theories and the voluntarism/determinism debate?
Rerum cognoscere causas: Part I – How do the ideas of system dynamics relate to traditional social theories and the voluntarism/determinism debate?
2001,
This is the first half of a two-part paper which deals with the social theoretic...
New technologies for transport route selection
New technologies for transport route selection
2001,
Planning a new road or railway can be an expensive and time-consuming process. There...
A reverse logistics valuation method for inventory control
A reverse logistics valuation method for inventory control
2001,
We propose a method for valuing new, recoverable, and recovered assemblies (products,...
Overcoming public aversion to congestion pricing
Overcoming public aversion to congestion pricing
2001,
We have completed a survey of Southern California residents designed to examine...
Estimation of saturation flow at signalised intersections of developing cities: A micro-simulation modelling approach
Estimation of saturation flow at signalised intersections of developing cities: A micro-simulation modelling approach
2001,
Traffic characteristics and operations at the signalised intersections of developing...
An observed traffic pattern in long freeway queues
An observed traffic pattern in long freeway queues
2001,
A simple exercise in data analysis showed that, in queued traffic, a well-defined...
Bus service optimisation with fuel saving objective and various financial constraints
Bus service optimisation with fuel saving objective and various financial constraints
2001,
A model for optimal bus service in urban areas is presented. Following the recent...
Impacts of information technology on personal travel and commercial vehicle operations: Research challenges and opportunities
Impacts of information technology on personal travel and commercial vehicle operations: Research challenges and opportunities
2001,
Travel, like many other aspects of daily life, is being transformed by the information...
Privacy issues in electronic toll collection
Privacy issues in electronic toll collection
2001,
This paper summarises privacy issues in the context of electronic toll collection...
Experiments with a strategic oscillation algorithm for the pallet loading problem
Experiments with a strategic oscillation algorithm for the pallet loading problem
2001,
This paper concerns the use of strategic oscillation (SO) for packing problems. The SO...
Efficiency measurement of selected Australian and other international ports using data envelopment analysis
Efficiency measurement of selected Australian and other international ports using data envelopment analysis
2001,
Available studies have not provided a satisfactory answer to the problem of making...
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