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Found 17295 papers in total
Design and operation of single-loop dual-rail inter-bay material handling system
Design and operation of single-loop dual-rail inter-bay material handling system
1999,
Asynchronized automated material handling systems, e.g. automated electrified monorail...
Cooperation schemes for heterogeneous material-handling vehicle fleets
Cooperation schemes for heterogeneous material-handling vehicle fleets
1999,
This study deals with an organization which utilizes wire-guided vehicles as its...
Forecasting Internet telephony – using scenarios to quantify the effects of using the Internet as a voice phone
Forecasting Internet telephony – using scenarios to quantify the effects of using the Internet as a voice phone
1998,
The Internet offers individuals and organisations almost unlimited access to...
Concepts of neighbourhood and universal compact yield towards achieving best pattern layouts
Concepts of neighbourhood and universal compact yield towards achieving best pattern layouts
1999,
Clustering of a given set of patterns or nesting onto a stock is a typical and mingled...
A tabu thresholding implementation for the irregular stock cutting problem
A tabu thresholding implementation for the irregular stock cutting problem
1999,
The complexity of the irregular stock-cutting problem makes an ideal candidate for...
A hysteretic queueing system with random server capacity
A hysteretic queueing system with random server capacity
1999,
We consider in this paper, an r -quorum queueing system with random server capacity...
Optimization problems on the performance of a nonreliable terminal system
Optimization problems on the performance of a nonreliable terminal system
1999,
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of the different service...
A process modelling framework for automated guided vehicle control
A process modelling framework for automated guided vehicle control
1999,
The control of handling equipment in a distribution centre is vital to overall control...
Facility layout design in a changing environment
Facility layout design in a changing environment
1999,
Increasing global competition, rapid changes in technology and the necessity to...
Facility layout of irregular-shaped departments using a nested approach
Facility layout of irregular-shaped departments using a nested approach
1999,
The facility layout problem is a very difficult and widely studied optimization...
An optimization approach to capacity expansion in semiconductor manufacturing facilities
An optimization approach to capacity expansion in semiconductor manufacturing facilities
1999,
For a given demand and planning horizon, the general facility design problem faced by...
An iterative facility layout algorithm
An iterative facility layout algorithm
1999,
In this paper we present a facility layout algorithm that iterates between a genetic...
Optimal layout in low-level picker-to-part systems
Optimal layout in low-level picker-to-part systems
2000,
The paper presents an analytical approach to layout design of the picking area in...
Tabu search based heuristics for multi-floor facility layout
Tabu search based heuristics for multi-floor facility layout
2000,
A pair of two-stage heuristics, GRASP/TS and FAF/TS, for solving the multifloor...
Quadratic assignment problem with adaptable material handling devices
Quadratic assignment problem with adaptable material handling devices
2000,
The traditional quadratic assignment problem assumes handling costs between two...
A note on a genetic algorithm approach for multiple criteria facility layout design
A note on a genetic algorithm approach for multiple criteria facility layout design
2000,
This note shows that the string representation developed by Islier brought to light an...
Nested Benders decomposition and dynamic programming for reservoir optimisation
Nested Benders decomposition and dynamic programming for reservoir optimisation
1999,
This paper presents a computational comparison of nested Benders decomposition and...
Calculation of an optimal region of operation for dual response systems fitted from experimental data
Calculation of an optimal region of operation for dual response systems fitted from experimental data
1999,
While there is abundant literature on Response Surface Methodology about how to seek...
Optimal design of the inspection buffer for an unreliable process
Optimal design of the inspection buffer for an unreliable process
2000,
Placing an inspection buffer immediately after an unreliable process subject to...
Inspection strategies for multistage production systems with time-varying quality
Inspection strategies for multistage production systems with time-varying quality
2000,
An economic, cost of quality model is formulated for a production system with multiple...
Component commonality in a multiple-period inventory model with service level constraints
Component commonality in a multiple-period inventory model with service level constraints
1999,
It has been clearly demonstrated in the literature that introducing a common component...
Selection of an optimal subset of sizes
Selection of an optimal subset of sizes
1999,
For a company that produces a product in a range of sizes, it is sometimes possible to...
A parameter set design procedure for the simulated annealing algorithm under the computational time constraint
A parameter set design procedure for the simulated annealing algorithm under the computational time constraint
1999,
In this research, a design procedure is developed to specify the parameter set for the...
A framework for the selection of idle vehicle home locations in an automated guided vehicle system
A framework for the selection of idle vehicle home locations in an automated guided vehicle system
2000,
In the study of automated guided vehicles systems (AGVS), one assumption often made in...
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