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A university-based Six Sigma program
A university-based Six Sigma program
2005,
Six Sigma has been successful in industry, but until very recently almost all training...
Six Sigma and business excellence: Strategic and tactical examination of IT service level management at the Office of the Chief Technology Officer of Washington, DC
Six Sigma and business excellence: Strategic and tactical examination of IT service level management at the Office of the Chief Technology Officer of Washington, DC
2005,
During the period January through May 2003 ten teams of student consultants from the...
Six Sigma applied throughout the lifecycle of an automated decision system
Six Sigma applied throughout the lifecycle of an automated decision system
2005,
Automated decision-making systems have been deployed in many industrial, commercial,...
A Six Sigma approach to predicting corporate defaults
A Six Sigma approach to predicting corporate defaults
2005,
The progression of a corporation from a status of financial stability into the status...
Combinatorial auctions in the procurement of transportation services
Combinatorial auctions in the procurement of transportation services
2004,
Most shippers use annual auctions to procure transportation services, leading to...
Performance comparison of search-based simulation optimisation algorithms for operations scheduling
Performance comparison of search-based simulation optimisation algorithms for operations scheduling
2005,
This paper discusses the use of meta-heuristics coupled with discrete event...
Flow-shop batch scheduling with identical processing-time jobs
Flow-shop batch scheduling with identical processing-time jobs
2004,
In many practical situations of production scheduling, it is either necessary or...
Stochastic scheduling subject to machine breakdowns: The preemptive-repeat model with discounted reward and other criteria
Stochastic scheduling subject to machine breakdowns: The preemptive-repeat model with discounted reward and other criteria
2004,
We consider the problem of scheduling a set of jobs on a single machine subject to...
Deterministic and stochastic scheduling with teamwork tasks
Deterministic and stochastic scheduling with teamwork tasks
2004,
We study a class of new scheduling problems which involves types of teamwork tasks....
Single machine parallel batch scheduling subject to precedence constraints
Single machine parallel batch scheduling subject to precedence constraints
2004,
We consider the single machine parallel batch scheduling problems to minimize makespan...
Higher-order Markov chain models for categorical data sequences
Higher-order Markov chain models for categorical data sequences
2004,
In this paper we study higher-order Markov chain models for analyzing categorical data...
Due-window assignment with unit processing-time jobs
Due-window assignment with unit processing-time jobs
2004,
In due-window assignment problems, jobs completed within a designated time interval...
Proactive release procedures for just-in time job shop environments, subject to machine failures
Proactive release procedures for just-in time job shop environments, subject to machine failures
2004,
In this paper, we consider just-in-time job shop environments (job shop problems with...
A new look at the multiclass network equilibrium problem
A new look at the multiclass network equilibrium problem
2004,
The multiclass network equilibrium problem is expressed in general as a nonmonotone,...
Sensitivity analysis of traffic equilibria
Sensitivity analysis of traffic equilibria
2004,
The contribution of this paper is a complete analysis of the sensitivity of elastic...
A search game on a cyclic graph
A search game on a cyclic graph
2004,
There is a finite cyclic graph. The hider chooses one of all node except the specified...
Reducing the bullwhip effect in supply chains with control-based forecasting
Reducing the bullwhip effect in supply chains with control-based forecasting
2005,
The bullwhip effect in supply chains occurs when the variance in the demand forecast...
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
2004,
Index policies for the routing of background jobs
Index policies for the routing of background jobs
2004,
Arriving (generic) jobs may be processed at one of several service stations, but only...
Real-time multivehicle truckload pickup and delivery problems
Real-time multivehicle truckload pickup and delivery problems
2004,
In this paper, we formally introduce a generic real-time multivehcile truckload pickup...
Time-varying travel times in vehicle routing
Time-varying travel times in vehicle routing
2004,
Models and algorithms for vehicle routing are usually based on known constant travel...
Scheduling transportation of live animals to avoid the spread of diseases
Scheduling transportation of live animals to avoid the spread of diseases
2004,
In the classical vehicle-routing problem (VRP) the objective is to service some...
A look-ahead dispatching method for automated guided vehicles in automated port container terminals
A look-ahead dispatching method for automated guided vehicles in automated port container terminals
2004,
To reduce delay in ship operations in automated container terminals, it is important...
Heuristics for the one-commodity pickup-and-delivery traveling salesman problem
Heuristics for the one-commodity pickup-and-delivery traveling salesman problem
2004,
This paper deals with a generalisation of the well-known traveling salesman problem...
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