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Found 17049 papers in total
Regulation of Natural Gas Distribution Using Policy Benchmarks
2008,
Local distribution companies (LDCs) play the role of purchasing and delivering natural...
Modeling the Impact of Market Interventions on the Strategic Evolution of Electricity Markets
2008,
This paper presents a large–scale computationally intensive model for...
Joint Design and Pricing on a Network
2008,
To optimize revenue, service firms must integrate within their pricing policies the...
A Single-Unit Decomposition Approach to Multiechelon Inventory Systems
2008,
We show the optimality of state–dependent echelon base–stock policies in...
OR PRACTICE—Optimization of Vacation Timeshare Scheduling
2008,
This paper reports on an application of network–flow integer programming to a...
OR PRACTICE—Assisting Defined-Benefit Pension Plans
2008,
The defined–benefit pension system poses substantial, long–term risks for...
OR FORUM—Catching the ‘Network Science’ Bug: Insight and Opportunity for the Operations Researcher
2008,
Recent efforts to develop a universal view of complex networks have created both...
A Simple Heuristic for Serial Inventory Systems with Fixed Order Costs
2008,
We propose a heuristic for finding base order quantities for stochastic inventory...
Analysis of Perishable-Inventory Systems with Censored Demand Data
2008,
We consider a multiperiod inventory system of a perishable product with unobservable...
An Exact Approach to the One-Dimensional Facility Layout Problem
2008,
The one–dimensional facility layout problem is concerned with arranging n...
Multitask and Multistage Production Planning and Scheduling for Process Industries
2008,
We consider the planning and scheduling of production in a multitask/multistage...
The Pseudoflow Algorithm: A New Algorithm for the Maximum-Flow Problem
2008,
We introduce the pseudoflow algorithm for the maximum–flow problem that employs...
Optimal Position-Based Warehouse Ordering in Divergent Two-Echelon Inventory Systems
2008,
A continuous–review two–echelon inventory system with one central...
A Randomized Quasi-Monte Carlo Simulation Method for Markov Chains
2008,
We introduce and study a randomized quasi–Monte Carlo method for the simulation...
The Stochastic Knapsack Revisited: Switch-Over Policies and Dynamic Pricing
2008,
The stochastic knapsack has been used as a model in wide–ranging applications...
On the Structure of Lost-Sales Inventory Models
2008,
We provide a new approach to the structural analysis of the standard lost–sales...
Selecting a Portfolio of Suppliers Under Demand and Supply Risks
2008,
We analyze a planning model for a firm or public organization that needs to cover...
Promised Lead-Time Contracts Under Asymmetric Information
2008,
We study the important problem of how a supplier should optimally share the...
Optimal Joint Inventory and Transshipment Control Under Uncertain Capacity
2008,
In this paper, we address the optimal joint control of inventory and transshipment for...
Simulation-Based Optimization of Virtual Nesting Controls for Network Revenue Management
2008,
Virtual nesting is a popular capacity control strategy in network revenue management....
Now or Later: A Simple Policy for Effective Dual Sourcing in Capacitated Systems
2008,
We examine a possibly capacitated, periodically reviewed, single–stage inventory...
Service Competition with General Queueing Facilities
2008,
In many service industries, companies compete with each other on the basis of the...
Efficient Computation of Hedging Parameters for Discretely Exercisable Options
2008,
We propose an algorithm to calculate confidence intervals for the values of hedging...
The Innovest Austrian Pension Fund Financial Planning Model InnoALM
2008,
This paper describes the financial planning model InnoALM we developed at Innovest for...
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