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Optimal sequencing of skip collections and deliveries
Optimal sequencing of skip collections and deliveries
1997,
The purpose of this paper is to model and solve a complex routing problem associated...
Integration of Markov and linear programming models to assess the farmgate and national consequences of adopting new bovine reproductive technologies in the United Kingdom agriculture
Integration of Markov and linear programming models to assess the farmgate and national consequences of adopting new bovine reproductive technologies in the United Kingdom agriculture
1996,
Despite many advances in biotechnology being futuristic, in some industries such...
Sequence comparison significance and poisson approximation
Sequence comparison significance and poisson approximation
1994,
The Chen-Stein method of Poisson approximation has been used to establish theorems...
Towards analysing student failures: Neural networks compared with regression analysis and multiple discriminant analysis
Towards analysing student failures: Neural networks compared with regression analysis and multiple discriminant analysis
1997,
Using data from key first year courses, this article considers the development of...
Metering and modelling residential end-use electricity load curves
Metering and modelling residential end-use electricity load curves
1996,
In most electricity systems the residential sector is one of the main contribution to...
One-day prediction of electricity load reflecting future Ripple Control System schedules
One-day prediction of electricity load reflecting future Ripple Control System schedules
1996,
In a West-Bohemian power distribution company, a ripple control system (RCS) is used...
A robust neural network filter for electricity demand prediction
A robust neural network filter for electricity demand prediction
1996,
This paper is concerned with one-day-ahead hourly predictions of electricity demand...
Energy demand forecasts with investment constraints
Energy demand forecasts with investment constraints
1996,
The energy sector in India claims 30% of the available investments. Moreover,...
Modeling and forecasting municipal solid waste generation in the US energy supply
Modeling and forecasting municipal solid waste generation in the US energy supply
1996,
This paper describes an economic and statistical approach to modeling and forecasting...
Solution methods for the balancing of jet turbines
Solution methods for the balancing of jet turbines
1997,
Turbine balancing is an important and regular maintenance operation at airline...
An environmental life cycle optimization model for the European pulp and paper industry
An environmental life cycle optimization model for the European pulp and paper industry
1996,
Will paper recycling reduce the environmental impact of the European pulp and paper...
Combining patient utility with health status assessment to improve medical decision making
Combining patient utility with health status assessment to improve medical decision making
1996,
Physicians often use health status assessment tools to evaluate a patient’s...
Optimal robotic component placement
Optimal robotic component placement
1996,
An increasingly common feature of manufacturing companies is the use of robotic...
Sequencing heuristics for dependent setups in a continuous process industry
Sequencing heuristics for dependent setups in a continuous process industry
1996,
This paper addresses the scheduling of Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film...
Hydrocarbon field size distributions: A case study in mixed integer nonlinear programming
Hydrocarbon field size distributions: A case study in mixed integer nonlinear programming
1996,
Of key importance to oil and gas companies is the size distribution of fields in the...
A Molecular structure matching problem
A Molecular structure matching problem
1997,
The paper studies how to optimize a measure of similarity between two molecules A and...
Efficacy of traditional sport tournament structures
Efficacy of traditional sport tournament structures
1997,
The ranking abilities of some traditional sport tournaments under a variety of initial...
Airline network design and hub location problems
Airline network design and hub location problems
1996,
Due to the popularity of hub-and-spoke networks in the airline and telecommunication...
Input efficiency profiling: An application to airlines
Input efficiency profiling: An application to airlines
1997,
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) can produce results which lack discrimination, one...
Heuristic approaches to vehicle routing with backhauls and time windows
Heuristic approaches to vehicle routing with backhauls and time windows
1996,
The vehicle routing problem with backhauls and time windows (VRPBTW) involves the...
Advertising wearout in the transport accident commission road safety campaigns
Advertising wearout in the transport accident commission road safety campaigns
1996,
This paper uses a varying coefficient regression model to investigate whether there is...
Solving semidefinite quadratic problems within nonsmooth optimization algorithms
Solving semidefinite quadratic problems within nonsmooth optimization algorithms
1996,
Bundle methods for Nondifferentiable Optimization are widely recognized as one of the...
An optimization model for planning natural gas purchases, transportation, storage and deliverability
An optimization model for planning natural gas purchases, transportation, storage and deliverability
1996,
Natural gas local distribution companies (LDCs) face the problem of managing natural...
Banking on efficiency
Banking on efficiency
1996,
Measuring performance of similar units within an organisation has been considered by a...
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