Country: Portugal

Found 202 papers in total
Parallel processing and multicriteria decision aid: Some computational experiments
1996,
As parallel computers become more popular and affordable, they have begun to be used...
Queueing and quality service
1996,
This paper develops methodology that provides a way of incorporating quality...
Applying metaheuristics to single machine scheduling problems
1996,
In this paper, the authors describe some general features of single-machine scheduling...
A decision support system for production scheduling in the printing industry
1996,
In this paper it is described a Decision Support System (DSS) designed to support the...
Comparative study of traffic assignment algorithms
1996,
An important problem in traffic planning occurs when trying to devise efficient...
Optimal control of discrete systems: Recent results and case studies
1996,
The paper has two main purposes: to give an introduction to some fundamental results...
The M/D/  queue busy period
1996,
The busy period of the M/D/ system is intensively studied as a particular case of the...
An O.R. model for safety at work
1996,
This article has as its main goal, to show the possibility of using an Operational...
Teaching Systems Modelling at FCT-UNL, Portugal
1996,
Systems Modelling is a very important area of Operational Research and Systems...
Forecasting horiticultural prices: A comparison of methods
1996,
Forecasts of horticultural prices provide useful information for farmers and...
A sales forecasting model for food retailing
1996,
This paper presents a forecasting model for the daily sales of a food retailing chain...
A simulation model of the road traffic on the ‘25 de Abril’ bridge
1995,
In this paper the authors present one simulation model of the road traffic flow on...
Organisational experts-The social context of expertise
1995,
Decision support system (DSS) and expert system (ES) construction attempts to make...
Filtering in multicriteria discrete problems: An approach
1995,
Most real-world applications, specially selection problems, can be modeled as a...
SIMON, a generic simulation tool for the dairy industry
1995,
In this paper a generic simulation tool for modelling production in dairies is...
Handling large data systems in primary care
1995,
Health Systems performance depends on several factors (social, economical, etc.). This...
Time to deplete a resource with Gamma usage
1995,
Many situations arise where a given resource is depleted according to a usage variable...
Crew scheduling-An approach based on several heuristics
1995,
The work described in this paper was developed in co-operation with the Lisbon Metro...
How to teach/learn OR?
1995,
Behind the question formulated in this paper lies more fundamental ones: What is OR?...
A new approach (MACBETH) to the problem of constructing a cardinal value function
1995,
Classical techniques for cardinal measurement of values, such as direct rating and...
Look-ahead dispatching rules for scheduling manufacturing operations
1995,
Industries manufacturing a wide range of products and using multi-stage processing...
A logistic regression function applied to the study of educational failure
1995,
This paper presents the main results of a study on the educational failure rate at the...
Electric distribution system planning with fuzzy injections
1995,
Electric distribution planning problem deals with a great number of variables, integer...
Multiple criteria decision making in forestry planning: A critical review
1995,
The management of forestry resources is a clear multicriteria problem aimed at...
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