Country: Netherlands

Found 18376 papers in total
The multiple server effect: Optimal allocation of servers to stations with different service-time distributions in tandem queueing networks
2000,
Traditionally, studies on tandem queueing networks concentrate on systems with...
A two-level queueing network model with blocking and non-blocking messages
2000,
We analyze a novel two-level queueing network with blocking, consisting of N level-1...
Scheduling two machines that require multiple types of maintenance, for a single operation
2000,
The problem explored was of using two machines, one at a time, to perform a continuous...
Performance modelling of the M/G/1 machine repairman problem with cold-, warm- and hot-standbys
2000,
This paper presents the modelling and analysis of the M/G/ 1 machine repairman problem...
Bidirectional planning: Improving priority rule-based heuristics for scheduling resource-constrained projects
2000,
As projects grow in complexity and size finding realizable schedules which efficiently...
Multi-agent systems in production planning and control: An application to the scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines
2000,
This work deals with production smoothing, one of the keys of success of Just In Time...
Modelling rescheduling activities in a multi-period production–inventory system
2000,
Decisions for planning production activities for multi-period...
Identification of aggregate resource and job set characteristics for predicting job set makespan in batch process industries
2000,
We study multipurpose batch process industries with no-wait restrictions, overlapping...
Performance guarantee of two simple priority rules for production scheduling
2000,
The paper presents analytical results concerning algorithms applied to off-line and...
Computer aided tolerance analysis for improved process control
2000,
This paper describes a case study where tolerance analysis techniques were used to...
A practical decomposition approach for a chemical substance scheduling problem
2000,
This paper describes a decomposed iterative improvement scheduling algorithm developed...
Dealing with the least squares regression assumptions in simulation metamodeling
2000,
The aim of this study is twofold. The first is to estimate a metamodel for a...
Parallel machine scheduling with batch delivery costs
2000,
We consider a scheduling problem in which n independent and simultaneously available...
A heuristic solution concept for a generalised machine sequencing problem with an application to radiator manufacturing
2000,
The job shop scheduling problem has received considerable attention from production...
Computing confidence intervals for stochastic simulation using neural network metamodels
1999,
This paper discusses the use of supervised neural networks as a metamodeling technique...
Using data envelopment analysis to obtain efficient solutions for multi-objective 0–1 linear programs
2000,
This paper concerns the problem of a service-oriented public sector entity to allocate...
The generalized data envelopment analysis model and the convex cone constrained game
2000,
This study extends the research on relating the data envelopment analysis (DEA) with...
Semiconductor fabrication facility design using a hybrid search methodology
1999,
The use of integrated circuits (ICs) is ever increasing in the past decade and will...
New complexity measures for the facility layout problem: An empirical study using traditional and neural network analysis
1999,
The most frequent application of the quadratic assignment problem has been in facility...
Linear programming in disassembly/clustering sequence generation
1999,
Based on earlier research on optimal disassembly sequence generation, notably...
A simulation model for determining inspection frequency
1999,
Frequent inspections of relief valves are necessary to ensure safety. However,...
A comprehensive clustering algorithm for strategic analysis of supply chain networks
1999,
Inventory management in supply chain networks involves keeping track of hundreds of...
Fast approach to the optimal production/preventive maintenance policy
2000,
We study the economical manufacturing quality (EMQ) problem in the presence of an...
A competitive inventory model with the customer's general choice probability
2001,
We consider a single-period model with reallocation of excess demand such that two...
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