Journal: IIE Transactions

Found 574 papers in total
A heuristic approach to warehouse layout with class-based storage
1997,
This paper presents a procedure for warehouse layout. It employs the principles of...
An optimal path of a moving vehicle on a sphere
1997,
We consider the problem of finding an optimal path of a moving vehicle, which during...
Techniques for optimization via simulation: An experimental study on an (s, S) inventory system
1997,
Various methods have been proposed to conduct optimization via discrete-event...
Optimization of discrete event systems via simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation
1997,
We investigate the use of simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation for the...
Minimizing work-in-process and material handling in the facilities layout problem
1997,
We consider the plant layout problem for a job shop environment. This problem is...
Using evolutionary algorithms and simulation for the optimization of manufacturing systems
1997,
This paper is concerned with an optimization method for manufacturing systems. This...
Optimal-algorithms for row layout problems in automated manufacturing systems
1995,
In many automated manufacturing environments, particularly flowlines and flexible...
Scheduling 2 job classes on parallel machines
1995,
The problem of scheduling n jobs on m parallel machines is considered where the jobs...
An AHP framework for prioritizing customer requirements in QFD-An industrialized housing application
1994,
Construction of housing in the United States is highly decentralized. There is an...
A quality confidence procedure for GDSS application in multicriteria decision-making
1994,
This paper introduces a procedure for improving the quality of group decision making....
A comparison of the Analytic Hierarchy Process with multiattribute utility-theory-A case-study
1992,
This paper presents the results of a study in which two prominent multicriteria...
Component inventory costs in an assembly problem with uncertain supplies lead-times
1989,
This paper presents a generic study of inventory costs in a factory stockroom that...
Determination of optimal buffer storage capacities and optimal allocation in multistage automatic transfer lines
1989,
One way to improve the efficiency of automatic transfer lines is to provide...
Economic lot scheduling for two-product problem
1989,
In this paper the authors propose an algorithm for the two-product single machine...
Balancing cycle time and workstations
1989,
This paper develops a model which simultaneously considers the minimization of cycle...
Efficient solutions to a linear programming model for production scheduling with capacity constraints and no initial stock
1989,
In this paper the authors present a decomposition approach to solve large scale linear...
Approximate analysis for the merge configuration of an open queueing network with blocking
1989,
A merge configuration of open queueing networks with exponential service times and...
Utilizing cut trees as design skeletons for facility layout
1989,
Facility layout provides a fertile area for the application of optimization models....
Control of material handling transporter in automated manufacturing
1989,
This paper presents a real time routing method for material handling transporters in...
Due date assignment in a multistage job shop
1989,
In a Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) system, component lead times are generally...
An artificial intelligence approach to the scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems
1989,
Scheduling in a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) must take into account the shorter...
Decentralized control of automated guided vehicles on a simple loop
1989,
A highly decentralized greedy heuristic will enable a fleet of automated guided...
Optimal control of a linear trend process with quadratic loss
1989,
This paper deals with the problem of optimizing the start and finish points for runs...
Bounds for throughput in production/inventory systems in series with deterministic processing times
1989,
A production/inventory system consisting of work stations in series and a finished...
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