Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
Robust analysis on promotion duration for two competitive brands
Robust analysis on promotion duration for two competitive brands
2008,
There are few studies that provide a useful tool or model to determine the promotion...
Gearing Six Sigma into UK manufacturing SMEs: results from a pilot study
Gearing Six Sigma into UK manufacturing SMEs: results from a pilot study
2008,
Approaches to business improvement have evolved and grown since the early 1900s and...
Production planning under uncertainty in textile manufacturing
Production planning under uncertainty in textile manufacturing
2008,
Textile manufacturing consists of yarn production, fabric formation, and finishing and...
Measuring performances of multiple-channel queueing systems with imprecise data: a membership function approach
Measuring performances of multiple-channel queueing systems with imprecise data: a membership function approach
2008,
This paper proposes a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) approach to measure...
Conceptual modelling for simulation Part I: definition and requirements
Conceptual modelling for simulation Part I: definition and requirements
2008,
Conceptual modelling is probably the most important aspect of a simulation study. It...
Conceptual modelling for simulation Part II: a framework for conceptual modelling
Conceptual modelling for simulation Part II: a framework for conceptual modelling
2008,
Following on from the definition of a conceptual model and its requirements laid out...
Modelling undesirable outputs with zero sum gains data envelopment analysis models
Modelling undesirable outputs with zero sum gains data envelopment analysis models
2008,
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) literature has proposed alternative models for...
A three-phase algorithm for the cell suppression problem in two-dimensional statistical tables
A three-phase algorithm for the cell suppression problem in two-dimensional statistical tables
2008,
To obtain full cooperation from respondents, statistical offices must guarantee that...
The bidding selection and assignment problem with minimum quantity commitment
The bidding selection and assignment problem with minimum quantity commitment
2008,
This paper studies the bidding selection and assignment problem with a novel...
Robust solutions for network design under transportation cost and demand uncertainty
Robust solutions for network design under transportation cost and demand uncertainty
2008,
In many applications, the network design problem (NDP) faces significant uncertainty...
A note on coarse classifying in acceptance scorecards
A note on coarse classifying in acceptance scorecards
2008,
Traditionally, in credit and behavioural scoring one assumes that as all consumers...
A tabu search heuristic for a routing problem arising in servicing of offshore oil and gas platforms
A tabu search heuristic for a routing problem arising in servicing of offshore oil and gas platforms
2008,
This paper introduces a pickup and delivery problem encountered in servicing of...
New integer programming formulations and an exact algorithm for the ordered cutting stock problem
New integer programming formulations and an exact algorithm for the ordered cutting stock problem
2008,
Apart from trim loss minimization, there are many other issues concerning cutting...
A queuing-based decision support methodology to estimate hospital inpatient bed demand
A queuing-based decision support methodology to estimate hospital inpatient bed demand
2008,
Hospital inpatient bed capacity might be better described as evolved than planned. At...
Classification for forecasting and stock control: a case study
Classification for forecasting and stock control: a case study
2008,
Different stock keeping units (SKUs) are associated with different underlying demand...
An insurance risk management framework for disaster relief and supply chain disruption inventory planning
An insurance risk management framework for disaster relief and supply chain disruption inventory planning
2008,
Government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and private corporations often...
Numerical scaling of ratio scale utilities in multi-criteria decision analysis with geometric model
Numerical scaling of ratio scale utilities in multi-criteria decision analysis with geometric model
2008,
The ratio scale measurement of utilities in multi-criteria decision analysis has been...
Prioritizing edge over node: process control in supply chain networks and push–pull strategies
Prioritizing edge over node: process control in supply chain networks and push–pull strategies
2008,
We outline recent work identifying an equilibrium solution in a supply chain network....
Pareto quantity flexibility contracts for a supply chain under multiple objectives
Pareto quantity flexibility contracts for a supply chain under multiple objectives
2008,
We analyse a decentralized supply chain consisting of a supplier and a retailer. The...
A transformation for the mixed general routing problem with turn penalties
A transformation for the mixed general routing problem with turn penalties
2008,
In this paper, we study a generalization of the Mixed General Routing Problem (MGRP)...
An exact algorithm for the petrol station replenishment problem
An exact algorithm for the petrol station replenishment problem
2008,
In the petrol station replenishment problem (PSRP), the aim is to deliver petroleum...
A unified tabu search algorithm for vehicle routing problems with soft time windows
A unified tabu search algorithm for vehicle routing problems with soft time windows
2008,
The different ways of allowing time window violations lead to different types of the...
VLSN search algorithms for partitioning problems using matching neighbourhoods
VLSN search algorithms for partitioning problems using matching neighbourhoods
2008,
In this paper, we propose a general paradigm to design very large-scale neighbourhood...
An iterated local search heuristic for the capacitated prize-collecting travelling salesman problem
An iterated local search heuristic for the capacitated prize-collecting travelling salesman problem
2008,
This paper considers a variant of the travelling salesman problem named the...
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