Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
Single machine scheduling and selection to minimize total flow time with minimum number tardy
Single machine scheduling and selection to minimize total flow time with minimum number tardy
1993,
Emmons considered the problem of sequencing N jobs on a single machine to minimize...
Tactical planning for a cutting stock system
Tactical planning for a cutting stock system
1993,
Wood processing on a centralized conversion site can be considered as a cutting stock...
Optimization of electrical energy distribution for a deficient system
Optimization of electrical energy distribution for a deficient system
1993,
An optimization algorithm for energy distribution in an isolated electrical power...
Searching for appropriate theory and practice in multi-organizational fields
Searching for appropriate theory and practice in multi-organizational fields
1993,
To some kinds of social scientists and change agents, there is nothing new about the...
Pursuing collaborative advantage
Pursuing collaborative advantage
1993,
This paper is based upon a participatory research project carried out within a local...
A model generation approach to the Personnel Assignment Problem
A model generation approach to the Personnel Assignment Problem
1993,
This paper describes a problem, known as the Personnel Assignment Problem, for...
Giffler and Thompson’s algorithm for job shop scheduling is still good for flexible manufacturing systems
Giffler and Thompson’s algorithm for job shop scheduling is still good for flexible manufacturing systems
1993,
In this paper it is shown, through computational results, that a schedule generation...
Computer forecasting of Australian Rules football for a daily newspaper
Computer forecasting of Australian Rules football for a daily newspaper
1993,
An exponential smoothing technique operating on the margins of victory was used to...
Establishing dominance in multiattribute decision making using an ordered metric method
Establishing dominance in multiattribute decision making using an ordered metric method
1993,
The paper is concerned with establishing dominance in linear decision models, either...
The role of emotions in multi-organizational decision-making
The role of emotions in multi-organizational decision-making
1993,
This paper addresses two questions. (i) What is the role of emotions in...
An algorithm for solving capacitated multicommodity p-median transportation problems
An algorithm for solving capacitated multicommodity p-median transportation problems
1993,
An algorithm for solving a special capacitated multicommodity p- median transportation...
Maximum entropy analysis of open queueing networks with group arrivals
Maximum entropy analysis of open queueing networks with group arrivals
1992,
This paper deals with open queueing networks with group arrivals in continuous time...
Duality in truncated steady-state Erlang distribution-based queueing processes
Duality in truncated steady-state Erlang distribution-based queueing processes
1993,
In this paper, the notion of duality and a generalized methodology to identify the...
Bulk server queues with Markov renewal type of service
Bulk server queues with Markov renewal type of service
1993,
The authors present a class of bulk server queueing models encountered in material...
OR enactment: The theatrical metaphor as an analytic framework
OR enactment: The theatrical metaphor as an analytic framework
1993,
Theatre provides a powerful metaphor to support thinking about human interactions in...
Explicit formulae for the characteristics of the M/H2/1 retrial queue
Explicit formulae for the characteristics of the M/H2/1 retrial queue
1993,
This paper studies the M/H 2 /1 queue with returning customers. It obtains explicit...
Implementing descriptive sampling in three-phase discrete event simulation models
Implementing descriptive sampling in three-phase discrete event simulation models
1993,
Descriptive sampling has been shown to be a powerful method for obtaining variance...
SKIM: A simulation sketchpad for plant design
SKIM: A simulation sketchpad for plant design
1992,
This paper describes the development of a simulation sketchpad for use by engineers...
Modelling a solid-waste processing system by discrete event simulation
Modelling a solid-waste processing system by discrete event simulation
1993,
This paper describes a discrete event simulation model for a solid-waste processing...
On the use of ordinal data in data envelopment analysis
On the use of ordinal data in data envelopment analysis
1993,
In many problems involving efficiency analysis using DEA, certain factors may be...
Adapting branch-and-bound for real-world scheduling problems
Adapting branch-and-bound for real-world scheduling problems
1993,
Many sequencing and scheduling problems can be formulated as 0-1 integer programs and,...
Life-cycle costs and comparative statistical techniques for censored reliability data
Life-cycle costs and comparative statistical techniques for censored reliability data
1993,
A number of non-parametric statistical tests, suitable for the solution of the...
Systems and scholarship: The need to do better
Systems and scholarship: The need to do better
1992,
Although conscious organized systems thinking stems only from the 1940s, and is hence...
Modelling risk trade-off
Modelling risk trade-off
1993,
This paper considers the trade-offs that may be made in the risk and uncertainty...
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