Journal: European Journal of Operational Research

Found 7937 papers in total
Preemptive scheduling in a two-stage multiprocessor flow shop is NP-hard
1996,
In 1954, Johnson gave an efficient algorithm for minimizing makespan in a two-machine...
Modelling setup times, process batches and transfer batches using activity network logic
1996,
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how modelling ideas and solution...
Task scheduling with and without communication delays: A unified approach
1996,
The problem of scheduling directed acyclic task graphs on an unbounded number of...
A general lower bound for the makespan problem
1996,
The problem of scheduling jobs on identical parallel processors to minimize makespan...
Analyzing service blueprints using phase distributions
1996,
This paper presents a method for representing and analyzing stochastic service...
Optimizing flow rates in a queueing network with side constraints
1996,
In this paper, modified versions of the classical deterministic maximum flow and...
A simple heuristic for buffer design in finite-capacity queues
1996,
A practically important problem is the design of finite buffers in order to achieve a...
Discrete NT-policy single server queue with Markovian arrival process and phase type service
1996,
We consider a discrete time single server queueing system in which arrivals are...
Queueing models with delayed state-dependent service times
1996,
In a state-dependent queueing model, the service rate is adjusted at both epochs of...
Pricing, routing, and incentive compatibility in multiserver queues
1996,
This paper studies pricing and incentive issues in the assignment of customers to...
Cost of congestion, operational efficiency and management accounting
1996,
In this paper, we examine the conflicts that arise when multiple users share a common...
Optimizing steady state Markov chains by state reduction
1996,
Many service systems have a parameter which can be changed continuously within a...
On the estimation of optimal batch sizes in the analysis of simulation output
1996,
The estimation of the variance of point estimators is a classical problem of...
Optimization and sensitivity analysis of computer simulation models by the score function method
1996,
This paper surveys some recent results on the score function (SF) method. This method...
Some notes on the time-variant Lyapunov theory
1996,
The well-known Lyapunov theory is extended to time variant discrete systems when the...
Stochastic vehicle routing
1996,
The purpose of this review article is to provide a summary of the scientific...
The team orienteering problem
1996,
In the team orienteering problem, start and end points are specified along with other...
A fast and effective heuristic for the orienteering problem
1996,
In the orienteering problem, start and end points are specified along with other...
A heuristic algorithm for the Asymmetric Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem
1996,
We consider the Asymmetric Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (ACVRP), a particular...
A note on returns to scale in DEA
1996,
This brief note adds computational convenience and efficiency to the article by Banker...
Towards an optimal model of food nutrition structure relating to production development for the region of the middle–lower reach of the Yangtze in China
1996,
In this paper, the present situation of the food production, resource structure, food...
Equivalence and implementation of alternative methods for determining returns to scale in data envelopment analysis
1996,
This paper discusses alternative methods for determining returns to scale in DEA. The...
Efficiency bounds in Data Envelopment Analysis
1996,
This paper considers a proposal, by Chang and Guh, that the non-archimedean...
Stock cutting to minimize cutting length
1996,
In this paper we investigate the following problem: Given two convex shapes P in and P...
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