Country: United Kingdom

Found 17295 papers in total
Capital adequacy guidelines and interest rate swaps
1994,
The paper investigates the empirical implications of the capital adequacy guidelines...
Forecasting foreign exchange rates: A comparative evaluation of AHP
1994,
In the first part of this paper the U.S. Dollar/DM exchange rates for two different...
An exploratory analysis of portfolio managers’ probabilistic forecasts of stock prices
1994,
This study reports the results of an experiment that examines (1) the effects of...
A synthesis of decision models for analysis, assessment, and contingency planning for oil spill incidents
1994,
Oil spill incidents can have a devastating effect on the natural environment. The...
Designing a parliamentary briefing system: An Operational Research OR look at the Commons
1994,
A recent project aimed to find ways of improving the effectiveness of the House of...
Soft Operational Research OR and a Markov model help plan a psychogeriatric service
1994,
This paper describes and evaluates the development of a Markov chain model to assist...
A heuristic for purchasing of sheet metal decisions based on mathematical programming
1994,
An operational research project at the Oskarshamn plant of Saab Scania AB...
Quality assurance of a maker-packer model
1994,
This paper studies a maker-packer production system in cigarette manufacturing where...
A practical solution to a cargo loading problem at Bethlehem Steel
1994,
The optimum assignment of structural steel shapes to rail cars is an important...
Balancing flexible lines for car components assembly
1995,
The design and balancing of a line which assembles car heaters is examined. To...
Retail store performance model; the impact of own-branch ‘friendly fire’
1994,
Store location modelling is still far from accepted practice in most national...
Towards an operational model for prevention and treatment of asthma attacks
1994,
Asthma is one of the major chronic diseases in many countries. At present there is no...
Object-oriented modelling of military communications networks
1994,
Military communications networks are large complex systems; their physical dynamic,...
Collision avoidance in bi-directional AGV systems
1994,
The use of a bi-directional, as opposed to a one-way, transportation system, can...
Vehicle routeing and scheduling in the brewing industry: A case study
1994,
Presents an in-depth case study of the practical experience of applying interactive...
Optimizing the operations of an Ingot Mill in an aluminium smelter
1994,
In this paper, a mathematical model of the Ingot Mill in the Portland Aluminium...
The impact of tourism
1994,
This article is about modelling the economic impact, in terms of increases in demand,...
Effect of parameter estimation on fertilizer optimization
1994,
It is important to optimize the amount of fertilizer applied to a crop, both to...
Managing reforms on a large scale: What role for OR/MS?
1994,
In this paper evidence is presented regarding the degree to which social reforms have...
A probabilistic analysis of multiple-drug testing procedures in sports doping control
1994,
Athletes engaged in competition, particularly those involved in international...
Strategy in fell running: An analysis of the Bob Graham Round
1994,
The ‘Bob Graham Round’ is an arduous route in the English Lake District...
The simulation of New Street Station
1994,
The current allocation of trains to platforms at Birmingham’s New Street Station...
An overview of scheduling problems arising in satellite communications
1994,
Satellite communications, like batches of work in a job shop, need to be scheduled in...
The effects of modelling on log bucking solution techniques
1994,
Log bucking is an industrial problem of subdividing longer logs into smaller logs such...
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