Country: United Kingdom

Found 17295 papers in total
How green is your valley?
1990,
Some 12 months ago, as a token contribution to World Environment Day (5th June 1989),...
A timetabling problem in which clashes are inevitable
1990,
This paper is concerned with a university timetabling problem in which some clashes...
A best-first search strategy for energy relaxation in MER heat exchanger networks
1990,
The pinch design method efficiently generates a maximum energy recovery (MER) network...
A multi-attribute value model for the study of U.K. energy policy
1990,
A multi-attribute value model has been developed to study U.K. energy-policy options....
The application of numerical models to assess dispersion and deposition in the event of a nuclear accident
1991,
Numerical models have been widely used in risk studies to estimate how hypothetical...
A geometric programming method for cost-optimal design of a modular floor system
1990,
Geometric programming has been found suitable for optimal design of many engineering...
Lagrangean relaxation and subgradient optimization applied to optimal design with discrete sizing
1990,
The discrete sizing problem in optimal design is addressed. Lagrangean dual approaches...
Optimum design of thin-plated steel box columns
1990,
This paper deals with the optimum design of thin-plated box columns subjected to axial...
Change in the NHS
1990,
A review into the working of the Grampian Health Board, begun in 1986, considered how...
OR in British Steel
1990,
With the change, after 21 years, of the British Steel Corporation to its new status as...
An integrated approach to cell formation and part routing in Group Technology Manufacturing Systems
1990,
In this paper the authors develop two mathematical models to capture the complexity of...
Off-line adaptive optimization of CNC lathe turning
1990,
This paper discusses the results obtained from a micro-computer program SIMTUP...
Comparing manufacturing and control practices in Europe and Korea
1990,
This paper presents a comparison of the manufacturing planning and control practices...
Designing and phasing in just-in-time production systems
1991,
Japanese just-in-time (JIT) production systems have been described extensively in...
Military manpower planning models
1991,
This paper reviews elements of manpower planning with emphasis on the large-scale...
Passenger perception of airlines
1990,
Perception and attitudes towards airlines is an interesting subject for people...
Modelling route selection behaviour of travellers
1990,
Traveller behaviour in route selection is modelled assuming that alternative routes...
On a principle of chain-exchange for vehicle-routeing problems (1-VRP)
1990,
This paper deals with a simple but efficient heuristic solution method for the basic...
Selecting the most direct route in an urban road network
1990,
The paper presents a straightforward method of finding the most direct path between...
Computer use in the trucking industry
1990,
Haulage contractors are always looking for ways of improving efficiency and reducing...
Econometric forecasting model for rents in the British retail property market
1990,
This paper develops a model for forecasting rents for the U.K. retail property market....
Look out! Expert systems about!
1990,
This article briefly surveys the expert systems products and suppliers relevant to...
Introduction to artificial neural systems for pattern recognition
1991,
The artificial intelligence community has seen a recent resurgence in the area of...
Incremental calculus and its applications
1989,
Incremental calculus is a powerful and flexible tool for the analysis of system...
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