Country: Netherlands

Found 18376 papers in total
The impact of free goods on the performance of drum-buffer-rope scheduling systems
2005,
The scheduling system theory of constraints (TOC) uses is often referred to as...
Performance analysis of assembly systems with unreliable machines and finite buffers
2005,
An unreliable assembly system is studied in which different types of components are...
Executing production schedules in the face of uncertainties: A review and some future directions
2005,
We review the literature on executing production schedules in the presence of...
Selecting information systems personnel use fuzzy group decision support system based on metric distance method
2005,
In this paper we propose a new approach to rank fuzzy numbers by metric distance. For...
Operating system selection using fuzzy replacement analysis and analytic hierarchy process
2005,
This study aims at creating an Operating System (OS) selection framework for decision...
Designing a reverse logistics operation for short cycle time repair services
2005,
An important means for companies to differentiate themselves, as well as increase...
Failure replacement and preventive maintenance spare parts ordering policy
2005,
This paper addresses inventory policy for spare parts, when demand for the spare parts...
Fuzzy strategic replacement analysis
2005,
This paper presents a fuzzy methodology for replacement of equipment. Issues such as...
Locating median cycles in networks
2005,
In the median cycle problem the aim is to determine a simple cycle through a subset of...
A stochastic approach to a case study for product recovery network design
2005,
Uncertainty is one of the characteristics of product recovery networks. In particular...
Near-optimal solutions to large-scale facility location problems
2005,
We investigate the solution of large-scale instances of the capacitated and...
Facility location problems with uncertainty on the plane
2005,
We consider single facility location problems (1-median and weighted 1-center) on a...
Location of service facilities for the elderly
2005,
Senior centers provide a variety of supportive services for independent elderly...
Evaluation of plant focus strategies: A continuous approximation framework
2005,
The concept of plant focus emphasizes a firm's ability to increase productivity and...
Looking ahead with the pilot method
2005,
The pilot method as a meta-heuristic is a tempered greedy method aimed at obtaining...
Filtering policies in loss queuing network location problems
2005,
In this paper we deal with two stationary loss queuing network location models. We...
Locating active sensors on traffic networks
2005,
Sensors are used to monitor traffic in networks. For example, in transportation...
Locating stops along bus or railway lines – A bicriteria problem
2005,
In this paper we consider the location of stops along the edges of an already existing...
The K-connection location problem in a plane
2005,
This paper determines the optimal location of K connections in the plane, where a...
Demand point aggregation for planar covering location models
2005,
The covering location problem seeks the minimum number of facilities such that each...
Heuristic procedures for solving the discrete ordered median problem
2005,
We present two heuristic methods for solving the Discrete Ordered Median Problem...
Planar location problems with block distance and barriers
2005,
This paper considers one facility planar location problems using block distance and...
A continuous location-allocation problem with zone-dependent fixed cost
2005,
A zone-dependent fixed cost is introduced within the framework of minisum location of...
The stochastic location-assignment problem on a tree
2005,
In the assignment problem units of supply are assigned on a one-to-one basis to units...
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