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Found 17295 papers in total
Variable neighbourhood search
Variable neighbourhood search
1997,
Systematic change of neighbourhood within a local search algorithm yields a simple and...
Life cycle costing – theory, information acquisition and application
Life cycle costing – theory, information acquisition and application
1997,
Especially in the last two decades of an increasingly competitive business...
A generalized activity network model
A generalized activity network model
1997,
In recent years activity networks for projects with both random and deterministic...
An optimal algorithm for closest-pair maintenance
An optimal algorithm for closest-pair maintenance
1998,
Given a set S of n points in k -dimensional space, and an L t metric, the dynamic...
Mathematics on the domestic front: Tyres and lightbulbs – is it worth paying more?
Mathematics on the domestic front: Tyres and lightbulbs – is it worth paying more?
1998,
In this paper the author examines the expected cost of operating a car with different...
Formulation assistance for global optimization problems
Formulation assistance for global optimization problems
1997,
Most global optimization systems provide little output beyond an estimated optimum...
Guidelines for corrective replacement based on low stochastic structure assumptions
Guidelines for corrective replacement based on low stochastic structure assumptions
1997,
This paper presents corrective replacement decisions, e.g. for machines in a...
Analysing event data from a repairable machine subject to imperfect preventive maintenance
Analysing event data from a repairable machine subject to imperfect preventive maintenance
1997,
A machine is minimally repaired on failure and imperfect preventive maintenance (PM)...
A full history proportional hazards model for preventive maintenance scheduling
A full history proportional hazards model for preventive maintenance scheduling
1997,
This paper is concerned with the development of a realistic preventive maintenance...
Dynamic influences in multi-component maintenance
Dynamic influences in multi-component maintenance
1997,
Most maintenance-optimisation models assume an infinite planning horizon and suppose...
A modelling procedure to optimize component safety inspection over a finite time horizon
A modelling procedure to optimize component safety inspection over a finite time horizon
1997,
In this paper a model of a safety inspection process is proposed for the expected...
A systematic approach to determine the optimal maintenance policy for an automated manufacturing system
A systematic approach to determine the optimal maintenance policy for an automated manufacturing system
1997,
We propose a systematic approach to determine the optimal maintenance policy for an...
Renewal-type equations for a general repair process
Renewal-type equations for a general repair process
1997,
We consider a component which undergoes instantaneous general repairs on failure....
A morph-based simulated annealing heuristic for a modified bin-packing problem
A morph-based simulated annealing heuristic for a modified bin-packing problem
1997,
This paper presents a local-search heuristic, based on the simulated annealing (SA)...
A new algorithm for the assignment problem: An alternative to the Hungarian method
A new algorithm for the assignment problem: An alternative to the Hungarian method
1997,
This paper presents a new algorithm for the well-studied assignment problem. Our...
Integer programming and pricing revisited
Integer programming and pricing revisited
1997,
Three applications of duality are mentioned: mathematical, computational, and...
The use of linear programming duality in mixed integer programming
The use of linear programming duality in mixed integer programming
1997,
This paper is about the primal–dual relationship in a mixed integer programming...
The duality gap in trim problems: Not yet solved
The duality gap in trim problems: Not yet solved
1997,
The duality-gap problem is to find the largest duality gap for a classic normalized...
Weighted Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition for linear mixed-inter programming
Weighted Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition for linear mixed-inter programming
1997,
Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition can be used to solve the Lagrangian dual of a linear...
A station model for continuous materials flow production systems
A station model for continuous materials flow production systems
1997,
This study develops a station model for continuous flow production systems. The most...
A fuzzy linguistic approach to data quantification and construction of distance measures for the part family formation problem
A fuzzy linguistic approach to data quantification and construction of distance measures for the part family formation problem
1997,
Most of the techniques related to part family formation require precise numerical data...
Adaptive pull-type production control using Kalman filters
Adaptive pull-type production control using Kalman filters
1997,
The purpose of this research was to design a closed-loop process control methodology...
A decomposition model for continuous materials flow production systems
A decomposition model for continuous materials flow production systems
1997,
This study presents a general and flexible decomposition method for continuous...
An objective-guided ortho-synapse Hopfield network approach to machine grouping problems
An objective-guided ortho-synapse Hopfield network approach to machine grouping problems
1997,
This paper reports an ortho-synapse Hopfield network (OSHN) for solving machine...
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