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Found 17295 papers in total
Effects of the diffusion of computational methods in the Brazilian agriculture: The use of data processing in dairy cooperatives
1991,
In recent years Brazil has seen a wide dissemination of the so called scientific...
An application of mixed-integer linear programming to the solution of the manure problem in the Netherlands
1991,
In the Netherlands there is a serious manure problem. New legislation restricts the...
The impact of risk attitude on the optimal compensation plan in a multi-product situation
1991,
This paper examines the role of uncertainty and risk in determining the optimal...
The optimization of the collections and deliveries of the Irish Postal Service
1991,
The logistical problems associated with the collection and delivery of mail by a...
Location and sequencing of imperfect inspection operations in serial multi-stage production systems
1991,
An integrated approach to the problem of allocation of inspection effort in...
Community operational research: Thinking globally whilst acting locally
1991,
This paper consider the elements of the ‘crisis’ in operational research...
The introduction and development of a quality improvement process: A study
1991,
This paper describes a study of how eight companies have introduced and developed a...
Statistical process control and the Taguchi method: A comparative evaluation
1991,
Most manufacturing processes do not produce completely identical characteristics for...
Dynamic vehicle scheduling: An expert systems approach
1991,
The dynamic vehicle scheduling problem for a shipper involves managing transport of...
Economic design of a complete inspection plan with feedback control
1991,
This paper studies production control with complete inspection where every finished...
All-unit discounts, multi-item inventory model with stochastic demand, service level constraints and finite horizon
1991,
Inventory systems are typically described as deterministic or stochastic, single, or...
Quantity discount decisions under conditions of multiple items, multiple suppliers and resource limitations
1991,
This research considers quantity discount procedures under conditions of multiple...
Development and implementation of a constrained economic dispatch program in the Mexican Energy Control Center
1991,
The authors present the real-time and the on-line study mode versions of a constrained...
Narrowing the Gap? Stock turns in the Japanese and Western car industries
1991,
The Japanese motor industry is held up as an exemplar of world class manufacturing,...
Optimum order cycles in MRP form a geometric progression
1991,
Materials requirement planning (MRP) systems have several lot-sizing rules, of which...
PRAO: Computer aided network planning
1991,
PRAO is an efficient software which has been developed by Electricité de...
Quality and inventory issues within the newsboy problem
1991,
Most inventory models assume that the production lot size does not contain any...
Mathematical programming for assets and liabilities management in a commercial bank
1991,
Assets and liabilities management has always been of primary importance to a...
SOLON: An Expert system for evaluating investments
1991,
Creating an environment to attract investments has been one of the top priorities in...
Optimal policy estimation for continuous review inventory systems
1991,
The paper considers a continuous review ( s,S ) inventory system where the...
Operational research and forest fire management resource deployment
1991,
Forest fire managers in the province of Ontario, Canada must deal with considerable...
Optimal periodic policies in dynamic economic systems
1991,
This paper deals with some optimal control models whose optimal solutions are...
The location of benefit-distributing facilities in the Brazilian Social Security System
1991,
The distribution of benefits in the Brazilian Social Security System is done by...
SPARTA II: Further development in an expert system for advising on stocks of spare parts
1991,
This paper is part of a continuous story of SPARTA-an expert system for advising on...
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