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Found 17049 papers in total
On a network design problem that is intractable on trees
1990,
In this paper the authors study an optimization problem that arises in the design of...
A natural starting strategy for Aronson’s heuristic 1 for solving the deterministic, single operator, multiple machine, multiple run cyclic scheduling problem
1987,
The semiautomatic nature of machinery often makes it economical to assign more than...
An experimental investigation of FMS scheduling rules under uncertainty
1987,
This article reports the results of an experimental investigation of scheduling...
Repetitive lots: The use of a sequence-dependent set-up time scheduling procedure in group technology and traditional shops
1987,
This study investigated a procedure designed to improve performance in group...
The use of cost-based priorities in random and flow shops
1987,
This article evaluates the use of cost information for establishing priorities in a...
Shop floor control and priority scheduling
1987,
The advent of just-in-time programs makes it necessary to look at the two subjects in...
Single machine sequencing techniques with both tardiness and flow-time criteria
1987,
The performances of the best efficient sequence, contingent critical ratio, shortest...
Evaluation of scheduling techniques for solving flowshop problems with no intermediate storage
1988,
The flowshop scheduling problem with no intermediate storage was studied in this...
Load-limited order release in job shop scheduling systems
1988,
This report examines the practice of using work load limits to control the release of...
A simulation study of processing time dispatching rules
1988,
In this paper, the performance of truncated variations of the shortest processing time...
On the maximum degree of an LCP map
1990,
The Linear Complementarity Problem can be shown to be equivalent to inverting a...
An extension of Karmarkar type algorithm to a class of convex separable programming problems with global linear rate of convergence
1990,
The authors describe a primal-dual interior point algorithm for a class of convex...
Deterministic equivalence in stochastic infinite horizon problems
1990,
The authors consider a general infinite horizon problem with stochastic data. They...
A note on the generalized due dates scheduling problems
1990,
The paper considers the problem of scheduling jobs on a single machine with...
The relief indicator method for constrained global optimization
1990,
The authors consider the problem of globally minimizing a continuous, not-necessarily...
Simulating warehouse costs: A spreadsheet application
1987,
It is often difficult to compute total cost of a forward warehouse operation given...
A risk/benefit analysis of sourcing strategies: Single vs. multiple sourcing
1988,
This study uses a risk/benefit approach to carefully examine sourcing strategies from...
Making group collaboration work
1987,
The success of business endeavour is a function of the degree to which those...
Telecommuting: The case of research software development
1990,
This paper reports seven case histories involving the use of telecommuting in the...
Optimal solution of set covering/partitioning problems using dual heuristics
1990,
The authors present an algorithm for a mixed set covering/partitioning model that...
From economism to systems theory and new indicators of development
1990,
The 1990s, designated by the United Nations as the Fourth Development Decade, are...
Tabu search: A tutorial
1990,
Tabu search is a ‘higher level’ heuristic procedure for solving...
The diet problem
1990,
This is a story about connections. If a certain event hadn’t happened way back...
Design of time-of-use rate periods for a utility
1988,
Electric utilities are turning to the time-of-use rate structure as a solution to the...
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