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Found 17049 papers in total
Drive out fear (unless you can drive it in): The role of agency and job security in process improvement
Drive out fear (unless you can drive it in): The role of agency and job security in process improvement
2000,
Understanding the wide range of outcomes achieved by firms trying to implement Total...
Price-endings when prices signal quality
Price-endings when prices signal quality
2000,
This paper provides a theoretical explanation for why firms behave as though they use...
Producer–supplier contracts with incomplete information
Producer–supplier contracts with incomplete information
2001,
This paper investigates the contract design problem of a producer when he purchases...
Efficient risk sharing: The last frontier
Efficient risk sharing: The last frontier
2000,
When rational risk-averse agents must choose among and share monetary risks, it is...
Modeling a phone center: Analysis of a multichannel, multiresource processor shared loss system
Modeling a phone center: Analysis of a multichannel, multiresource processor shared loss system
2001,
This paper presents a model for the study of operations at an inbound call center. The...
Analysis, design, and control of queueing systems
Analysis, design, and control of queueing systems
2002,
As the reader will quickly discover, this article is a survey – from my personal...
Assessing the construct validity of risk attitude
Assessing the construct validity of risk attitude
2000,
Two major approaches to measuring risk attitude are compared. One, based on the...
Variance reduction techniques for estimating value-at-risk
Variance reduction techniques for estimating value-at-risk
2000,
This paper describes, analyzes and evaluates an algorithm for estimating portfolio...
Project management under risk: Using the real options approach to evaluate flexibility in R&D
Project management under risk: Using the real options approach to evaluate flexibility in R&D
2001,
Managerial flexibility has value in the context of uncertain R&D projects, as...
An evolutionary algorithm for sequencing production on a paced assembly line
An evolutionary algorithm for sequencing production on a paced assembly line
2000,
A new sequencing method for mixed-model assembly lines is developed and tested. This...
A comparison between basic cyclic scheduling and variable cyclic scheduling in a two-stage hybrid flow shop
A comparison between basic cyclic scheduling and variable cyclic scheduling in a two-stage hybrid flow shop
2000,
In this paper the impacts of two types of repetitive scheduling systems on the...
A time-oriented branch-and-bound algorithm for resource-constrained project scheduling with generalised precedence constraints
A time-oriented branch-and-bound algorithm for resource-constrained project scheduling with generalised precedence constraints
2000,
Resource-constrained project scheduling with generalised precedence constraints is a...
Scheduling and reliable lead-time quotation for orders with availability intervals and lead-time sensitive revenues
Scheduling and reliable lead-time quotation for orders with availability intervals and lead-time sensitive revenues
2001,
Motivated by applications in the manufacturing and service industries, we consider two...
Scheduling solutions for the paper industry
Scheduling solutions for the paper industry
2002,
This paper describes a decision support system for paper production scheduling. This...
A fluid heuristic for minimizing makespan in job shops
A fluid heuristic for minimizing makespan in job shops
2002,
We describe a single online heuristic for scheduling job shops. We assume there is a...
Facets and reformulations for solving production planning with changeover costs
Facets and reformulations for solving production planning with changeover costs
2002,
We study a scheduling problem with changeover costs and capacity constraints. The...
Searching for an agent who may or may not want to be found
Searching for an agent who may or may not want to be found
2002,
There is an extensive theory regarding optimal continuous path search for a mobile or...
Online searching/on the optimality of the geometric sequences for the m ray search – online searching
Online searching/on the optimality of the geometric sequences for the m ray search – online searching
2002,
In a recent paper, we consider the following search problem: Given m concurrent...
Rendezvous search: A personal perspective
Rendezvous search: A personal perspective
2002,
The rendezvous-search problem was posed by the author 25 years ago. In its basic form,...
Decision making in a standby service system
Decision making in a standby service system
2000,
A standby service option allows a firm to lower its risk of not having sufficient...
Effective design of products/services: An approach based on integration of marketing and operations management decisions
Effective design of products/services: An approach based on integration of marketing and operations management decisions
2001,
This paper presents an integrated framework for designing profit-maximizing...
Analysis of a least recently used cache management policy for web browsers
Analysis of a least recently used cache management policy for web browsers
2002,
Experience shows that document caching by a web browser is a cheap and effective way...
An extreme-value model of concept testing
An extreme-value model of concept testing
2001,
We model concept testing in new product development as a search for the most...
Sequential testing in product development
Sequential testing in product development
2001,
A fundamental problem in managing product development is the optimal timing,...
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