Journal: OR Spektrum

Found 334 papers in total
Covering the classroom requirements for the schools of Hamburg
1997,
The city of Hamburg expects for the next years enormously increasing rates of pupils....
Scheduling manufacturing systems with work-in-process inventory control: Reentrant systems
1996,
In this paper, the authors propose a procedure for production flow control in...
The general lotsizing and scheduling problem
1997,
The GLSP (ℝ5General ℝ5Lotsizing and ℝ5Scheduling ℝ5Problem)...
Models for parameter optimization of Timed Token Rotation Protocols
1996,
In this paper, models are presented with whose help it is possible to undertake...
Experiences with applying a genetic algorithm to determine an information system architecture
1997,
While determining information systems architectures (ISA), business systems planning...
Exact and approximate algorithms for the multi-period procurement problem where dedicated supplier capacity can be reserved
1996,
This paper is concerned with a multi-period inventory problem where the demand and the...
Separation and capital budgeting decisions
1997,
The paper proves conditions for a Fisher-separation in an imperfect capital market. If...
Kolmogorov conditions for vectorial optimization problems
1995,
Necessary and sufficient conditions of Kolmogorov type are given for characterizing...
Approximations for multiserver queues with balking/retrial discipline
1995,
Queueing models including the effects of repeated attempts have wide practical use in...
Obtaining minimum-correlation Latin Hypercube Sampling plans using an IP-based heuristic
1995,
The objective of Latin Hypercube Sampling is to determine an effective procedure for...
Time-series forecasting by pattern imitation
1996,
The authors proposed a new descriptive approach to time-series forecasting based on...
A local search approach for two-dimensional irregular cutting
1995,
A two-dimensional irregular cutting problem is considered. In an earlier paper, two...
Heuristic solution approaches to operational forest planning problems
1995,
Operational forest planning problems are typically very difficult problems to solve...
A genetic search algorithm to optimize job sequencing under technological constraint in a rolling-mill facility
1995,
This article presents some results from the application of a genetic search algorithm...
Strategic investment in preventive health care: Quantitative modelling for programme selection and resource allocation
1996,
This paper reviews contemporary quantatative approaches to programme selection and...
A note on equalized proper equilibria
1995,
This short note is devoted to a remark on a refinement of proper equilibria: it...
Weakly strict equilibria in finite normal form games
1995,
In this paper the authors introduce the weakly strict equilibrium for (mixed...
A variable-depth search algorithm for the recursive bipartioning of signal flow graphs
1995,
The authors discuss the use of local search techniques for mapping video algorithms...
Strategies with memories: Local search in an application oriented environment
1995,
The idea of this extended foreword to the special issue on applied local search is...
Local search with memory: Benchmarking RTS
1995,
The purpose of this work is that of presenting a version of the Reactive Tabu Search...
Scatter search and star-paths: Beyond the genetic metaphor
1995,
Scatter search and genetic algorithms have originated from somewhat different...
Heuristics for the generalised assignment problem: Simulated annealing and tabu search approaches
1995,
The generalised assignment problem is the problem of finding a minimum cost assignment...
Efficient heuristics for robot acquisition planning for a CIM system
1995,
In this paper, a planning model and three efficient heuristics are developed for...
A modification of threshold accepting and its application to the quadratic assignment problem
1995,
In this paper the authors propose a modification of the threshold accepting heuristic...
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