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Found 17295 papers in total
The operation of Lake Kariba: A multiobjective decision analysis
1995,
The paper describes a successful application of Bayesian decision analysis to the...
Simplified approaches for multicriteria decision making under uncertainty
1995,
The problem of uncertainty in the outcome of decisions has tended to be glossed over...
Group decision-making and the Analytic Hierarchy Process: Exploring the consensus-relevant information content
1996,
The Analytic Hierarchy Process is being increasingly applied to managerial and...
Exploring a multicriteria approach to production scheduling
1996,
A current problem in production scheduling is related to the multi-criteria nature of...
Loading multiple pallets
1995,
This paper addresses the problem of loading pallets with non-identical items, i.e....
Randomized methods for the Number Partitioning problem
1996,
Randomized versions of Karmarkar and Karp’s differencing method are introduced...
Ferry traffic in the Aegean islands: A simulation study
1996,
A simulation of ferry traffic in the Aegean islands, which is being used as a decision...
Parallel genetic algorithms with local search
1996,
This paper presents methods of applying local search to global optimization problems....
Serial failure diagnosis of a distributed processing system by Petri nets
1996,
Recently, network technologies have rapidly developed, and distributed processing...
A linear time algorithm for maximum matchings in convex, bipartite graphs
1996,
The problem of determining the maximum matching in a convex bipartite graph, G=(V 1 ,V...
A heuristic decomposition algorithm for scheduling problems on mixed graphs
1995,
This paper considers a scheduling problem where a set of n jobs has to be processed on...
What are PERT estimates?
1995,
This paper questions what network parameter-estimates really are. This follows recent...
‘Conscientious’ neural nets for tour construction in the traveling salesman problem: The vigilant net
1996,
Previous research has established the feasibility of applying adaptive neural network...
Simultaneous design and training of ontogenic neural network classifiers
1996,
The use of neural networks in pattern classification is a relatively recent phenomena....
A hybrid neural approach to combinatorial optimization
1996,
Both the Hopfield neural network and Kohonen’s principles of self-organization...
On computations of the mean and variance of the number of renewals: A unified approach
1995,
This paper presents a unified approach to finding both the mean (the so-called renewal...
Incumbent solutions in branch-and-bound algorithms: Setting the record straight
1996,
The folklore of integer linear-programming holds that the computational efficiency of...
On the minimum number of logical clauses inferred from examples
1996,
Given two sets of positive and negative examples, the inductive inference problem is...
Large-deviation expressions for the distribution of first-passage coordinates
1995,
The paper considers the distribution of the free coordinates of a time of its first...
Markov population replacement processes
1995,
The paper considers a migration process whose singleton process is a time-dependent...
An elimination condition to check the validity of the principle of optimality
1996,
In this paper, a simple elimination condition is introduced that may help in the...
Event coupling and performance sensitivity analysis of generalized semi-Markov processes
1995,
The paper studies a fundamental feature of the generalized semi-Markov processes...
A partitioning gradient based algorithm for solving nonlinear goal programming problems
1996,
This paper presents an efficient and reliable method called the partitioning gradient...
A ratio limit theorem for (sub) Markov chains on  with bounded jumps
1995,
The paper considers positive matrices Q , indexed by . Assume that there exists a...
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