Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
Scheduling jobs in a contaminated area: a model and heuristic algorithms
2008,
Scheduling problems studied in this paper arise when some tasks have to be executed by...
The hazard of being an English football league manager: empirical estimates for three recent league seasons
2008,
This paper uses data drawn from the English Football League to model separate hazard...
A self-tuning heuristic for a multi-objective vehicle routing problem
2008,
In this study, a heuristic free from parameter tuning is introduced to solve the...
Service differentiation in spare parts inventory management
2008,
The contemporary after–sales market is of increasing importance. One of the...
Using compromise programming for macroeconomic policy making in a general equilibrium framework: theory and application to the Spanish economy
2008,
This paper aims to show how Compromise Programming, linked with some results...
Improving product location and order picking activities in a distribution centre
2008,
This article examines the effect of different product location strategies on the...
Economic design of variable parameters &Xmacr; control charts for processes with fuzzy mean shifts
2008,
Modern studies have shown that the &Xmacr; control charts with variable parameters...
A parallel clustering technique for the vehicle routing problem with split deliveries and pickups
2008,
In this paper, a parallel clustering technique and route construction heuristic have...
Wide area telecommunication network design: application to the Alberta SuperNet
2008,
This article proposes a solution methodology for the design of a wide area...
The transformation competence perspective
2008,
Reflections on a number of participative projects have led to the conclusion that,...
An additive utility mixed integer programming model for nonlinear discriminant analysis
2008,
Mathematical programming (MP) discriminant analysis models can be used to develop...
Tuning a parametric Clarke–Wright heuristic via a genetic algorithm
2008,
Almost all heuristic optimization procedures require the presence of a...
Horizontal cooperation among freight carriers: request allocation and profit sharing
2008,
In modern transportation systems, the potential for further decreasing the costs of...
A two-level simulated annealing algorithm for efficient dissemination of electronic content
2008,
This paper describes a two–level simulated annealing heuristic for the joint...
Stochastic and minimum regret formulations for transmission network expansion planning under uncertainties
2008,
After deregulation of the Power sector, uncertainty has increased considerably....
Optimizing pricing and location decisions for competitive service facilities charging uniform price
2008,
In this paper, we present the problem of optimizing the location and pricing for a set...
Impact of the pheromone trail on the performance of ACO (ant colony optimization) algorithms for solving the car-sequencing problem
2008,
This paper compares different ant colony optimization algorithms for solving the...
Development of improved adaptive approaches to electricity demand forecasting
2008,
This paper develops a short–term forecasting system for hourly electricity load...
Tactical store delivery planning
2008,
We describe a system for tactical planning of store deliveries that has been developed...
Quadratic interval innovation diffusion models for new product sales forecasting
2008,
An appropriate sales forecasting method is vital to the success of a business firm....
Managing solid waste through discrete location analysis: A case study in central Portugal
2008,
In order to meet European Union Directive 1999/31/EC, ERSUC, the company...
Dynamic pricing of airline tickets with competition
2008,
Competition has a huge influence on customer buying behaviour and will impact on the...
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