Country: Netherlands

Found 18376 papers in total
Controlling multi-level production in a rolling-schedule environment
2003,
We require the multi-level lot-sizing problem in a rolling-schedule environment as it...
Risk in two-stage optimal resource allocation
2003,
Two integral two-stage multi-period optimal resource allocations with expectation and...
Risk Aversion: A qualitative approach and quantitative estimates
2003,
The qualitative concept of the risk aversion is defined in terms of a preference...
On scheduling an unbounded batch machine
2003,
A batch machine is a machine that can process up to c jobs simultaneously as a batch,...
An improved max-flow-based lower bound for minimizing maximum lateness on identical parallel machines
2003,
In this paper, we introduce a new concept of semi-preemptive scheduling and we show...
How useful are preemptive schedules?
2003,
Machine scheduling admits two options to process jobs. In a preemptive mode processing...
Local search for multiprocessor scheduling: How many moves does it take to a local optimum?
2003,
We analyze two local search algorithms for multiprocessor scheduling. The first...
Improving the preemptive bound for the one-machine dynamic total completion time scheduling problem
2003,
We consider the single machine dynamic total completion time scheduling problem. This...
The two-machine open shop problem: To fit or not to fit, that is the question
2003,
We consider the open shop scheduling problem with two machines. Each job consists of...
The three-machine proportionate flow shop problem with unequal machine speeds
2003,
In flow shop scheduling it is usually assumed that the processing times of the...
A class of on-line scheduling algorithms to minimize total completion time
2003,
We consider the problem of scheduling jobs on-line on a single machine and on...
Some recent contributions to routing and location problems
2003,
This report is more than just a summary of some results of the present state of the...
The effect of scale and mode of ownership on the financial performance of the Turkish banking sector: Results of a data envelopment analysis-based analysis
2003,
Turkey and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to a stand-by arrangement at...
Operating theatre planning
2003,
N patients must be planned in an operating theatre over a medium term horizon (one or...
The operating theatre planning by the follow-up of the risk of no realisation
2003,
In the French context of healthcare expenses control, the operating theatre, that...
Foundation-penalty cuts for mixed-integer programs
2003,
We propose a new class of foundation-penalty (FP) cuts for MIPs that are easy to...
Hybrid scheduling methods for paratransit operations
2003,
We study an extension to the general routing problem, which deals with integrating...
Saturation in linear optimization
2003,
In a solvable linear optimization problem, a constraint is saturated if it is binding...
The balance space approach to multicriteria decision making – involving the decision maker
2002,
This paper is a contribution to earlier investigations made in order to apply the...
A numerical tool for multiattribute ranking problems
2003,
A large variety of techniques have been developed to solve or approximate the solution...
An interior-point method for a class of saddle-point problems
2003,
We present a polynomial-time interior-point algorithm for a class of nonlinear...
An iterative approach to quadratic optimization
2003,
Assume that C 1 ,...,C N are N closed convex subsets of a real Hilbert space H having...
Accurate calculation of hazardous materials transport risks
2003,
We propose two path-selection algorithms for the transport of hazardous materials. The...
An exact algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Deliveries and Collections
2003,
In this paper, we describe a new integer programming formulation for the Traveling...
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