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Found 17295 papers in total
Setup cost reduction in an inventory model with finite-range stochastic lead times
Setup cost reduction in an inventory model with finite-range stochastic lead times
1990,
Traditionally, upon solution, independent demand inventory models result in the...
OR in...BAA. A small but successful group has a growing involvement in strategic planning and corporate research
OR in...BAA. A small but successful group has a growing involvement in strategic planning and corporate research
1990,
A brief description of the Operational Research OR activity at British Airports...
Portfolio Efficiency of univariate time series models
Portfolio Efficiency of univariate time series models
1990,
The paper applies a Markowitz Super Criterion to test the Portfolio Efficiency of...
A Maintenance Management Tool
A Maintenance Management Tool
1990,
This paper presents a structured Maintenance Management Tool (MMT). There is a great...
Coefficient of variation: A critical factor in maintenance float policy
Coefficient of variation: A critical factor in maintenance float policy
1990,
This study investigates the effects of equipment failure variability on the...
Managing the search for new product concepts: A strategic approach
Managing the search for new product concepts: A strategic approach
1989,
The authors point out that there is little in the academic literature about the way...
The key issues of a quality improvement process
The key issues of a quality improvement process
1990,
A recent study of the quality improvement process in a cross-section of UK...
An intermodal investment decision model in the transport sector
An intermodal investment decision model in the transport sector
1990,
Transport investment decision-making at government level has acquired special...
Vehicle-scheduling problems with uncertainty and omitted customers
Vehicle-scheduling problems with uncertainty and omitted customers
1989,
The standard vehicle-scheduling problem is deterministic, assuming all factors are...
Optimal solution of a vehicle-routeing problem: Transporting mentally handicapped adults to an adult training centre
Optimal solution of a vehicle-routeing problem: Transporting mentally handicapped adults to an adult training centre
1990,
Many organizations must devise tours for vehicles to collect from or deliver to a...
The Production Switching Heuristic: A practical revision
The Production Switching Heuristic: A practical revision
1989,
Production Switching Heuristics (PSH) have been suggested as realistic, practical...
A multi-objective production planning model in a flexible manufacturing environment
A multi-objective production planning model in a flexible manufacturing environment
1989,
Production planning for flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) has been studied using...
A mathematical programming approach for determining workcentre lotsizes in a just-in-time system with signal Kanbans
A mathematical programming approach for determining workcentre lotsizes in a just-in-time system with signal Kanbans
1990,
An essential condition necessary for the implementation of the Japanese just-in-time...
Production planning with variable demand
Production planning with variable demand
1990,
This paper presents an expanded version of the dynamic inventory model in which...
A branch and bound algorithm for a single item nonconvex dynamic lot sizing problem with capacity constraints
A branch and bound algorithm for a single item nonconvex dynamic lot sizing problem with capacity constraints
1990,
The authors develop a branch and bound algorithm for solving a deterministic single...
Exporting knowhow: Providing a knowledge base for an expert system requires careful thinking from the expert
Exporting knowhow: Providing a knowledge base for an expert system requires careful thinking from the expert
1990,
In October 1987 the then Manpower Services Commission agreed to fund the development...
A zero-one goal programming approach for information system project selection
A zero-one goal programming approach for information system project selection
1989,
This paper presents a multi-objective model that can be used to help information...
Improved network based algorithms for the assembly line balancing problem
Improved network based algorithms for the assembly line balancing problem
1989,
This paper presents two network based algorithms for solving Type I assembly line...
Implementing a loading heuristic in a discrete release job shop
Implementing a loading heuristic in a discrete release job shop
1989,
The scheduling literature has developed two almost mutually exclusive problems; a...
A bottleneck-based beam search for job scheduling in a flexible manufacturing system
A bottleneck-based beam search for job scheduling in a flexible manufacturing system
1989,
This paper studies job-scheduling methods for flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs)....
Simulated annealing for permutation flow-shop scheduling
Simulated annealing for permutation flow-shop scheduling
1989,
The problem of scheduling jobs in a flow-shop is considered. The job processing order...
A framework for single machine multiple objective sequencing research
A framework for single machine multiple objective sequencing research
1989,
The majority of single machine sequencing research has assumed that only one objective...
Schedule generation in a dynamic job shop
Schedule generation in a dynamic job shop
1990,
An extension of Giffler and Thompson’s algorithm is developed to create all...
Dynamic job shop scheduling: A survey of simulation research
Dynamic job shop scheduling: A survey of simulation research
1990,
Scheduling of job shops has been extensively researched over the last three decades...
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