Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
Customer lifetime value: stochastic optimization approach
Customer lifetime value: stochastic optimization approach
2004,
Since the early 1980s, the concept of relationship marketing has been becoming...
Alternative statistical regression studies of the effects of Joint and Service Specific advertising on military recruitment
Alternative statistical regression studies of the effects of Joint and Service Specific advertising on military recruitment
2004,
Three different regression approaches use a large database developed by the Wharton...
Estimating consumers' willingness to pay for individual quality attributes with data envelopment analysis
Estimating consumers' willingness to pay for individual quality attributes with data envelopment analysis
2004,
In a highly competitive environment, a product's commercial success depends...
A free coordination hull approach to efficiency measurement
A free coordination hull approach to efficiency measurement
2004,
Superficially, the free disposal hull production possibility set (pps) can be regarded...
Analysing the effect of technical change on individual outputs using modified quasi-Malmquist indexes
Analysing the effect of technical change on individual outputs using modified quasi-Malmquist indexes
2004,
Malmquist indexes can be used to estimate technical change over time. The index...
Economic inefficiency measurement of input spending when decision-making units face different input prices
Economic inefficiency measurement of input spending when decision-making units face different input prices
2004,
In a recent paper, Kaoru Tone showed that when the Farrell measure of cost efficiency...
Manpower allocation with time windows
Manpower allocation with time windows
2004,
In this paper, we propose a manpower allocation model with time windows which is of...
Optimal production policy with shelf life including shortages
Optimal production policy with shelf life including shortages
2004,
A multi-product environment is considered in which one item has a shelf-life...
An overview of heuristic solution methods
An overview of heuristic solution methods
2004,
Besides those analysts who are already familiar with a number of heuristic methods,...
Functional estimation of activity criticality indices and sensitivity analysis of expected project completion time
Functional estimation of activity criticality indices and sensitivity analysis of expected project completion time
2004,
For a PERT network, a new method is developed for estimating the criticality index of...
When should you sack a football manager? Results from a simple model applied to the English Premiership
When should you sack a football manager? Results from a simple model applied to the English Premiership
2003,
What strategy should be a football (soccer, in American parlance) club adopt when...
Displacement problem and dynamically scheduling aircraft landings
Displacement problem and dynamically scheduling aircraft landings
2004,
In this paper we define a generic decision problem – the displacement problem....
A two-stage stochastic programming framework for transportation planning in disaster response
A two-stage stochastic programming framework for transportation planning in disaster response
2004,
This study proposes a two-stage stochastic programming model to plan the...
A dynamic programming method for matching rail-track monitoring data
A dynamic programming method for matching rail-track monitoring data
2003,
A commonly used method of monitoring the condition of rail track is to run an...
Validation of decision-aiding spreadsheets: the influence of contingency factors
Validation of decision-aiding spreadsheets: the influence of contingency factors
2004,
This paper describes an investigation into the influence of contingency factors on the...
A note on activity floats in activity-on-arrow networks
A note on activity floats in activity-on-arrow networks
2003,
In project scheduling, the free float (slack) of an activity represents the leeway for...
Two-resource stochastic capacity planning employing a Bayesian methodology
Two-resource stochastic capacity planning employing a Bayesian methodology
2003,
We examine a stochastic capacity-planning problem with two resources that can satisfy...
Minimizing maximum tardiness and number of tardy jobs on parallel machines subject to minimum flow-time
Minimizing maximum tardiness and number of tardy jobs on parallel machines subject to minimum flow-time
2003,
This paper considers the problems of scheduling jobs on parallel identical machines...
Integrated service network design for a cross-docking supply chain network
Integrated service network design for a cross-docking supply chain network
2003,
This paper considers an integrated service network design problem for a given set of...
A two-phase multiple objective approach to university timetabling utilising optimisation and evolutionary solution methodologies
A two-phase multiple objective approach to university timetabling utilising optimisation and evolutionary solution methodologies
2003,
The timetabling problem is generally large, highly constrained and discrete in nature....
District design for arc-routing applications
District design for arc-routing applications
2003,
In this paper we address the problem of district design for the organisation of...
A new hybrid genetic algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem
A new hybrid genetic algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem
2003,
Recently proved successful for variants of the vehicle routing problem (VRP) involving...
The intellectual journey of Russell Ackoff: from OR apostle to OR apostate
The intellectual journey of Russell Ackoff: from OR apostle to OR apostate
2003,
Russell Ackoff has had a distinguished career in operational research both as an...
A synthesis of assignment and heuristic solutions for vehicle routing with time windows
A synthesis of assignment and heuristic solutions for vehicle routing with time windows
2004,
This paper proposes a three-stage method for the vehicle-routing problem with time...
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