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Total completion time in a two-machine flowshop with deteriorating tasks
Total completion time in a two-machine flowshop with deteriorating tasks
2007,
This paper deals with two-machine flowshop problems with deteriorating tasks, i.e....
Tight bounds for the identical parallel machine-scheduling problem: Part II
Tight bounds for the identical parallel machine-scheduling problem: Part II
2008,
A companion paper introduces new lower bounds and heuristics for the problem of...
Online make-to-order (MTO) lead-time scheduling: a probabilistic approach
Online make-to-order (MTO) lead-time scheduling: a probabilistic approach
2008,
This paper considers a lead time (or due date) scheduling problem faced by a...
Tabu Search methods for scheduling a burn-in oven with non-identical job sizes and secondary resource constraints
Tabu Search methods for scheduling a burn-in oven with non-identical job sizes and secondary resource constraints
2008,
In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling semiconductor burn-in operation,...
A GRASP algorithm for m-machine flowshop scheduling problem with bicriteria of makespan and maximum tardiness
A GRASP algorithm for m-machine flowshop scheduling problem with bicriteria of makespan and maximum tardiness
2007,
In this paper we address the problem of minimizing the weighted sum of makespan and...
A very fast TS/SA algorithm for the job shop scheduling problem
A very fast TS/SA algorithm for the job shop scheduling problem
2008,
The job shop scheduling problem (JSP) is one of the most notoriously intractable...
Modeling operational risk with Bayesian networks
Modeling operational risk with Bayesian networks
2007,
Bayesian networks are an emerging tool for a wide range of risk management...
Planning a reader-oriented strategy for a publishing company: a case study
Planning a reader-oriented strategy for a publishing company: a case study
2006,
Scientific research in the sector of press readability and specifically magazines is...
GERT analysis of m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system with overlapping runs and (k–1)-step Markov dependence
GERT analysis of m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system with overlapping runs and (k–1)-step Markov dependence
2008,
An m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system is a system of n linearly ordered components...
Economic production quantity model with a shifting production rate
Economic production quantity model with a shifting production rate
2008,
Typical models for determining the economic production quantity (EPQ) assume perfect...
Optimal management of cross-trained workers, using Markov decision approach
Optimal management of cross-trained workers, using Markov decision approach
2008,
In this paper, we consider the problem of finding the optimal switching decisions of...
The bread-making machine: tacit knowledge and two types of action
The bread-making machine: tacit knowledge and two types of action
2007,
We analyse Nonaka and Takeuchi's claim that a master baker's tacit knowledge was made...
Formal strategic analyses and organizational performance: decomposing the rational model
Formal strategic analyses and organizational performance: decomposing the rational model
2007,
Although a substantial body of literature suggests a positive relationship between...
Cross-national reconstruction of managerial practices: TQM in Turkey
Cross-national reconstruction of managerial practices: TQM in Turkey
2007,
Drawing on the discursive and translative perspectives, we examine the discourse...
Explaining variations in co-worker assistance in organizations
Explaining variations in co-worker assistance in organizations
2007,
In an age of flattened hierarchies and networked organizations, lateral processes in...
Beyond words: aesthetic knowledge and knowing in organizations
Beyond words: aesthetic knowledge and knowing in organizations
2007,
Aesthetic knowledge comes from practitioners understanding the look, feel, smell,...
The institutionalization of knowledge in an automotive factory: templates, inscriptions, and the problem of durability
The institutionalization of knowledge in an automotive factory: templates, inscriptions, and the problem of durability
2007,
This paper focuses on the process of institutionalization of technical and...
Photocopiers and water-coolers: the affordances of informal interaction
Photocopiers and water-coolers: the affordances of informal interaction
2007,
There has been increasing recognition of the importance of informal interactions in...
Contributing to public document repositories: a critical mass theory perspective
Contributing to public document repositories: a critical mass theory perspective
2007,
Public document repositories (PDRs) are valuable resources available on the Internet...
Backstage with the knowledge boys and girls: Goffman and distributed agency in an organic online community
Backstage with the knowledge boys and girls: Goffman and distributed agency in an organic online community
2007,
An institutionally independent organic online learning community (OOLC) founded and...
What goes online comes offline: knowledge management system use in a soft bureaucracy
What goes online comes offline: knowledge management system use in a soft bureaucracy
2007,
This paper investigates when and how online practices (i.e. practices of management...
Bicycling on the moon: collective tacit knowledge and somatic-limit tacit knowledge
Bicycling on the moon: collective tacit knowledge and somatic-limit tacit knowledge
2007,
The idea of tacit knowledge plays an important role in many areas of academic debate,...
General strategy concepts and the ecology of strategy discourses: a systemic–discursive perspective
General strategy concepts and the ecology of strategy discourses: a systemic–discursive perspective
2007,
Drawing on Wittgenstein, Lyotard and Luhmann the article develops a...
Agency, information, and the structure of moral problems in business
Agency, information, and the structure of moral problems in business
2007,
Many ethical problems in business can be characterized as having elements of...
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