Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
Simulation for business process re-engineering: Case study of a database management system
Simulation for business process re-engineering: Case study of a database management system
2001,
This paper describes the use of discrete event simulation in the resource, throughput...
Solving a multi-objective simulation model using a hybrid response surface method and lexicographical goal programming approach – a case study on integrated circuit ink-marking machines
Solving a multi-objective simulation model using a hybrid response surface method and lexicographical goal programming approach – a case study on integrated circuit ink-marking machines
2002,
In an integrated circuit (IC) packaging plant, the ink-marking machine has a...
Combining two approaches to efficiency assessment
Combining two approaches to efficiency assessment
2001,
The advent of data envelopment analysis (DEA) enabled the measurement of efficiency to...
An application of Lagrangian relaxation to a capacity planning problem under uncertainty
An application of Lagrangian relaxation to a capacity planning problem under uncertainty
2001,
A supply chain network-planning problem is presented as a two-stage resource...
Optimal techniques for class-dependent attribute discretization
Optimal techniques for class-dependent attribute discretization
2001,
Preprocessing of raw data has been shown to improve performance of knowledge discovery...
A savings based method for real-life vehicle routing problems
A savings based method for real-life vehicle routing problems
2002,
This paper describes a Savings Based algorithm for the Extended Vehicle Routine...
Relation between vehicle routing problems: An insertion heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery and pick-up applied to the vehicle routing problem with backhauls
Relation between vehicle routing problems: An insertion heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery and pick-up applied to the vehicle routing problem with backhauls
2002,
Recently, an increasing number of papers on vehicle routing problems with backhauling...
A sequential discovery sampling procedure
A sequential discovery sampling procedure
2002,
A sequential discovery sampling procedure is to randomly sample and audit one record...
Optimal advertising pulsation policies: A dynamic programming approach
Optimal advertising pulsation policies: A dynamic programming approach
2001,
This study formulates and solves an advertising pulsation problem for a monopolistic...
Potential inventory cost reductions using advanced time series forecasting techniques
Potential inventory cost reductions using advanced time series forecasting techniques
2001,
This paper compares demand forecasts computed using the time series forecasting...
Education and a future for OR – a viewpoint
Education and a future for OR – a viewpoint
2001,
What will education be like in the year 2025? With the OR community unlikely to be...
Stimulating awareness of actual learning processes
Stimulating awareness of actual learning processes
2002,
What do we know about how our students actually learn? This paper explores this simple...
The futures of OR
The futures of OR
2001,
This paper considers possible futures for OR by building on the views of earlier...
Facilitation: Some contributions to theorising the practice of operational research
Facilitation: Some contributions to theorising the practice of operational research
2002,
The paper examines the contributions of two distinct areas of theory to the practice...
Towards user-friendly OR: A Chinese experience
Towards user-friendly OR: A Chinese experience
2002,
In contemporary China, user-friendliness has become not only a necessity for the...
Size matters: Large group methods and the process of operational research
Size matters: Large group methods and the process of operational research
2002,
This paper will briefly outline some of the reasons for the burgeoning interest in...
The anatomy of complex societal problems and its implications for OR
The anatomy of complex societal problems and its implications for OR
2002,
This paper discusses the emergence and development of complex societal problems....
Solving one-dimensional cutting stock problems exactly with a cutting plane algorithm
Solving one-dimensional cutting stock problems exactly with a cutting plane algorithm
2001,
When solving the one-dimensional cutting stock problem (1D CSP) as an integer linear...
Modelling the benefits of information sharing-based partnerships in a two-level supply chain
Modelling the benefits of information sharing-based partnerships in a two-level supply chain
2002,
This paper presents a study aimed at quantifying the benefits of information...
Modelling for the planning and management of bed capacities in hospitals
Modelling for the planning and management of bed capacities in hospitals
2002,
The internal dynamics of a hospital represent a complex non-linear structure. Planning...
A queueing model for bed-occupancy management and planning of hospitals
A queueing model for bed-occupancy management and planning of hospitals
2002,
The aim of this paper is, on the one hand, to describe the movement of patients...
Assigning patients to nurses in neonatal intensive care
Assigning patients to nurses in neonatal intensive care
2002,
An intensive care nursery provides health care for critically ill newborn infants....
Concentration and the variability of orthopaedic demand
Concentration and the variability of orthopaedic demand
2002,
Concentrating health services with centres providing selected, specialist care offers...
Estimating breast cancer risks using neural networks
Estimating breast cancer risks using neural networks
2002,
Breast cancer is one of the most important medical problems. In this paper, we report...
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