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A decomposition scheduling method for operating flexible manufacturing systems
A decomposition scheduling method for operating flexible manufacturing systems
1994,
A ‘decomposition scheduling method’ is proposed for operating a flexible...
A comparative study of lot streaming procedures
A comparative study of lot streaming procedures
1993,
The authors describe computational experiments with several algorithms for solving the...
A note of correction on ‘Multi-product scheduling on a single machine’
A note of correction on ‘Multi-product scheduling on a single machine’
1993,
The economic lot scheduling problem is the problem of scheduling the production of...
Effect of buffer capacity and sequencing rules on single-card kanban system performance
Effect of buffer capacity and sequencing rules on single-card kanban system performance
1993,
One of the basic tenets of scheduling theory is that the shortest-processing-time...
An M/M/c type of queueing model with (Ri,ri) switch-over policy
An M/M/c type of queueing model with (Ri,ri) switch-over policy
1993,
This paper studies an M/M/c type of queueing model with ( R i ,r i ) switch-over...
Assignment model formulation of the machine cell formation problem in cellular manufacturing
Assignment model formulation of the machine cell formation problem in cellular manufacturing
1993,
Presents an assignment model formulation for the machine cell formation problem in...
An integer programming solution to a capacity planning problem in an armaments factory
An integer programming solution to a capacity planning problem in an armaments factory
1993,
A production shop in Royal Ordnance contains machines which in many cases can be...
An operational strategy for throughput maximization and bottleneck control in an assembly line system: By selection of the processing rates
An operational strategy for throughput maximization and bottleneck control in an assembly line system: By selection of the processing rates
1993,
In this paper, an optimal operation strategy is developed to optimize the system...
Testing minimum performance levels for kanban-controlled lines
Testing minimum performance levels for kanban-controlled lines
1994,
The production literature has focused on the problem of setting the number of kanbans...
Product structure complexity and inventory storage capacity on the performance of a multi-level manufacturing system
Product structure complexity and inventory storage capacity on the performance of a multi-level manufacturing system
1993,
In today’s competitive environment firms are placing greater emphasis on...
Process quality improvement and setup reduction in dynamic lot-sizing
Process quality improvement and setup reduction in dynamic lot-sizing
1993,
Previous work on setup reduction to dynamic lot-sizing with process improvement is...
A new approach for multiple objective decision making
A new approach for multiple objective decision making
1993,
The proposed TOPSIS for MODM algorithm is developed for solving multiple objective...
Heuristic methods for the rectilinear Steiner arborescence problem
Heuristic methods for the rectilinear Steiner arborescence problem
1993,
In the rectilinear Steiner arborescence problem a minimum cost arborescence spanning a...
Comparison of the performance of modern heuristics for combinatorial optimization on real data
Comparison of the performance of modern heuristics for combinatorial optimization on real data
1993,
Until recently most heuristics for combinatorial optimization problems could be...
An experimental evaluation of neural networks for classification
An experimental evaluation of neural networks for classification
1993,
Artificial neural networks are new methods for classification. In this paper, the...
A qualitative commonsense method for optimization of complex engineering systems
A qualitative commonsense method for optimization of complex engineering systems
1993,
A commonsense approach to optimization is needed especially during the early stages of...
Finding the closest point to the origin in the convex hull of a discrete set of points
Finding the closest point to the origin in the convex hull of a discrete set of points
1993,
This paper presents a specialized algorithm for finding a point in the convex hull of...
Monotonic influence diagrams: Foundations and application to optimal design
Monotonic influence diagrams: Foundations and application to optimal design
1993,
Monotonic influence diagrams (MID) are proposed for qualitative and mathematical...
Monotonic influence diagrams: Extension to stochastic programming and application to probabilistic design
Monotonic influence diagrams: Extension to stochastic programming and application to probabilistic design
1993,
In this paper the theory of monotonic influence diagrams is extended to deal with...
An algorithm for the bottleneck generalized assignment problem
An algorithm for the bottleneck generalized assignment problem
1993,
The authors discuss a bottleneck (or minimax) version of the generalized assignment...
Categorized assignment scheduling: A tabu search approach
Categorized assignment scheduling: A tabu search approach
1993,
The assignment problem (AP) and bottleneck assignment problem (BAP) are well studied...
Genetic algorithm for linear and cyclic assignment problem
Genetic algorithm for linear and cyclic assignment problem
1993,
A hybrid algorithm based on a genetic approach and a pairwise exchange procedure is...
Dynamic programming, reduction of dimensionality and matrix eigenvalue computations
Dynamic programming, reduction of dimensionality and matrix eigenvalue computations
1993,
This paper is a continuation of earlier papers by Ng & Sancho for solving certain...
A generalized interactive goal programming procedure
A generalized interactive goal programming procedure
1993,
This paper generalizes the interactive sequential goal programming (ISGP) procedure of...
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