Journal: International Transactions in Operational Research

Found 843 papers in total
Two-stage inference using data envelopment analysis efficiency measurements in univariate production models
2007,
This article addresses the problem of modeling data envelopment analysis (DEA)...
A comparison of Data Envelopment Analysis and the stochastic frontier model using panel data
2007,
Two competing approaches for the measurement of efficiency are the stochastic frontier...
Two-stage computing budget allocation approach for the response surface method
2007,
Response surface methodology (RSM) is one of the main statistical approaches to search...
Measuring efficiency and productive performance of colleges at the University of Santo Tomas: a nonparametric approach
2007,
This paper estimates relative efficiency and productive performance of 13 colleges at...
MBNQA criteria in education: assigning weights from a Malaysian perspective and proposition for an alternative evaluation scheme
2007,
In order to improve quality and productivity among American companies, the Malcolm...
Performance evaluation of the efficiency of Philippine Private Higher Educational Institutions: application of frontier approaches
2007,
This paper evaluates the efficiency performance of Philippine Private Higher...
Administrative evaluation and public sector reform: an analytic hierarchy process approach
2007,
The objective of this paper is to propose a rational approach to administrative...
Ranking projects for an electricity utility using ELECTRE III
2007,
Ranking and selecting projects is a common yet often difficult task with typically...
A threat-response multi-criteria funding model for homeland security grant programs
2007,
The Department of Homeland Security provides funding to 50 states, the District of...
Data transformation in the evidential reasoning-based decision making process
2007,
This paper describes the application of an evidential reasoning (ER)-based decision...
The effect of firm number on equilibrium product positioning and pricing: a marketing–production perspective
2007,
We examine how product design and pricing are affected when the number of firms in the...
Evaluating the efficiency of a two-stage production process using data envelopment analysis
2007,
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been widely used to evaluate the comparative...
Sequencing material handling equipment in production facilities
2007,
In this article we consider the problem of sequencing material handling equipment in...
A column generation approach for the maximal covering location problem
2007,
This article presents a column generation algorithm to calculate new improved lower...
Polyhedral studies for minimum-span graph labelling with integer distance constraints
2007,
This paper studies the polytope of the minimum-span graph labelling problems with...
A software framework for fast prototyping of meta-heuristics hybridization
2007,
Hybrids of meta-heuristics have been shown to be more effective and adaptable than...
Determination of cutoff time for express courier services: a genetic algorithm approach
2007,
As the result of an explosive growth in e-tailing, telemarketing, and television...
Observations on the economic manufacture quantity model with learning and forgetting
2007,
The economic order (manufacture) quantity model with learning and forgetting has...
Network modelling of underground mine layout: two case studies
2007,
The dominant working structure of an underground mine is a set of interconnected...
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) supply chains: facilities location and logistics
2007,
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the free-trade agreement between Canada,...
Optimality of Jackson's permutations with respect to limited machine availability
2006,
This article deals with the scheduling problem of minimizing the makespan in a...
Two-machine flowshop scheduling with conditional deteriorating second operations
2006,
This paper considers a flowshop-scheduling problem with a waiting time constraint...
Tight bounds for the identical parallel machine scheduling problem
2006,
We address the problem of minimizing makespan on identical parallel machines. We...
Solution of the Dial-a-Ride Problem with multi-dimensional capacity constraints
2006,
The Dial-a-Ride Problem (DARP) consists of planning routes and schedules for picking...
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