Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
On modelling payments in projects
1997,
Projects are often evaluated on financial performance. The net present value (NPV) has...
Performance of the heuristic procedures for constrained projects with progress payments
1997,
All large scale resource constrained projects involve cash flows occurring during...
A genetic algorithm for the generalised assignment problem
1997,
A new algorithm for the generalised assignment problem is described in this paper. The...
Minimizing makespan in parallel flowshops
1997,
In this study, a new class of proportional parallel flow shop problems with the...
An analysis of a rail car unloading area for a consumer products manufacturer
1997,
This paper reports on the results of an effort to design and analyse the rail car...
Bicriterion scheduling in the two-machine flowshop
1997,
Bicriterion scheduling problems have attracted the attention of many researchers,...
Scheduling of multistage fast-moving consumer goods plants
1997,
Fast-moving consumer goods plants are required to be highly flexible due to their...
Timetabling for Greek high schools
1997,
The timetabling process and the resulting weekly schedules are important components...
University timetabling by constraint-based reasoning: A case study
1997,
This paper presents a case-study which applies constraint-based reasoning to...
A decision aid for milk tanker run allocation
1997,
This paper reports on a decision aid that recommends solutions to a particular vehicle...
An infinite horizon mathematical programming model of a multicohort single species fishery
1997,
Fishery policy evaluation should take account of the initial state of the fishery and...
The role of OR in shaping the future: Smart bits, helpful ways and things that matter
1997,
This paper attempts to set out a personal view of the future of OR in the UK. Against...
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