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Service productivity gains through information and communication technology applications: a service marketing approach
Service productivity gains through information and communication technology applications: a service marketing approach
2008,
Based on examples from Information and Communication Technology- (ICT-)based...
Manufacturing strategies and financial performance – The effect of advanced information technology: CAD/CAM systems
Manufacturing strategies and financial performance – The effect of advanced information technology: CAD/CAM systems
2008,
In this paper, the impact of IT on financial performance for the different types and...
Comparative study on decentralised inventory policy and Vendor Managed Inventory with (r, Q) replenishment strategy
Comparative study on decentralised inventory policy and Vendor Managed Inventory with (r, Q) replenishment strategy
2008,
Recently, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) has emerged as a significant development...
Supplies from developing countries: Optimal order quantities under loss risks
Supplies from developing countries: Optimal order quantities under loss risks
2008,
When raw material suppliers of a global supply chain are situated in developing...
A generalisation of the Farrell cost efficiency measure applicable to non-fully competitive settings
A generalisation of the Farrell cost efficiency measure applicable to non-fully competitive settings
2008,
This paper enhances cost efficiency measurement methods to account for situations...
Creating composite indicators with data envelopment analysis (DEA) and robustness analysis: the case of the Technology Achievement Index
Creating composite indicators with data envelopment analysis (DEA) and robustness analysis: the case of the Technology Achievement Index
2008,
Composite indicators (CIs) are often used for benchmarking countries' performance, but...
The impact of information technology on organizational efficiency in public services: a DEA-based (data envelopment analysis-based) decision tree (DT) approach
The impact of information technology on organizational efficiency in public services: a DEA-based (data envelopment analysis-based) decision tree (DT) approach
2008,
This study attempts to examine the impact of information technology (IT) on...
Additive data envelopment analysis (DEA) based on multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) with imprecise information
Additive data envelopment analysis (DEA) based on multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) with imprecise information
2008,
This work exploits links between Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and multicriteria...
Agent-based modelling and simulation of urban evacuation: relative effectiveness of simultaneous and staged evacuation strategies
Agent-based modelling and simulation of urban evacuation: relative effectiveness of simultaneous and staged evacuation strategies
2008,
This study investigates the effectiveness of simultaneous and staged evacuation...
Heuristics for the real-time pickup-and-delivery travelling salesman problem
Heuristics for the real-time pickup-and-delivery travelling salesman problem
2008,
Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP) under static conditions have been studied for well over...
Good triangulations yield good tour
Good triangulations yield good tour
2008,
Consider the following heuristic for planar Euclidean instances of the traveling...
Global equilibrium search applied to the unconstrained binary quadratic optimization problem
Global equilibrium search applied to the unconstrained binary quadratic optimization problem
2008,
We describe a heuristic method for solving the unconstrained binary quadratic...
Rounding of convex sets and efficient gradient methods for linear programming problems
Rounding of convex sets and efficient gradient methods for linear programming problems
2008,
In this paper, we propose new efficient gradient schemes for two non-trivial classes...
Beat tracking by dynamic programming
Beat tracking by dynamic programming
2007,
Beat tracking – i.e. deriving from a music audio signal a sequence of beat...
Primal–dual exterior point method for convex optimization
Primal–dual exterior point method for convex optimization
2008,
We introduce and study the primal–dual exterior point (PDEP) method for convex...
An interior-point smoothing technique for Lagrangian relaxation in large-scale convex programming
An interior-point smoothing technique for Lagrangian relaxation in large-scale convex programming
2008,
An interior-point smoothing technique for Lagrangian relaxation in large-scale convex...
A column generation approach for an employee scheduling problem with multiple shifts and work locations
A column generation approach for an employee scheduling problem with multiple shifts and work locations
2008,
This paper is concerned with the problem of assigning employees to a number of work...
Modeling and solving the rooted distance-constrained minimum spanning tree problem
Modeling and solving the rooted distance-constrained minimum spanning tree problem
2008,
In this paper we discuss models and methods for solving the rooted distance...
Ant colony optimization for the traveling purchaser problem
Ant colony optimization for the traveling purchaser problem
2008,
The traveling purchaser problem (TPP) is a generalization of the traveling salesman...
Integrated inventory models with fuzzy annual demand and fuzzy production rate in a supply chain
Integrated inventory models with fuzzy annual demand and fuzzy production rate in a supply chain
2008,
The successful implementation of Just-in-time production in today's supply chain...
Analyzing the effects of inventory cost setting rules in a disassembly and recovery environment
Analyzing the effects of inventory cost setting rules in a disassembly and recovery environment
2008,
In this study we consider a disassembly and recovery facility receiving end-of-life...
An integrated multiobjective decision making process for supplier selection and order allocation
An integrated multiobjective decision making process for supplier selection and order allocation
2008,
Supplier selection is a multi-criteria problem which includes both tangible and...
Ranking irregularities when evaluating alternatives by using some ELECTRE methods
Ranking irregularities when evaluating alternatives by using some ELECTRE methods
2008,
The ELECTRE II and III methods enjoy a wide acceptance in solving multi-criteria...
A framework for participatory budget elaboration support
A framework for participatory budget elaboration support
2008,
Participatory budgets are becoming increasingly popular in many municipalities all...
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