Keyword: planning

Found 770 papers in total
Visteon's Sterling plant uses simulation-based decision support in training, operations, and planning
2000,
Visteon's Sterling plant uses a strategic decision support system (DSS) that...
Swords into Plowshares: Nuclear weapon dismantlement, evaluation, and maintenance at Pantex
2000,
The end of the Cold War changed the missions of facilities in the US nuclear weapons...
Spicer Off-Highway Products Division–Brugge improves its lead-time and scheduling performance
2000,
Spicer Off-Highway Products Division (a division of Dana Corporation) asked us to...
A neural networks-based approach for strategic planning
1999,
We establish a systematic approach that incorporates neural networks in conjunction...
Multiperiod mixed integer programming models and techniques for new petroleum refinery construction
1997,
Gasoline producers all over the world are now preparing for new, stricter governmental...
A chance-constrained programming approach to modelling hydro-thermal electricity generation in Papua-New Guinea
1996,
This paper is a contribution to the current debate on energy efficiency. It presents a...
Cooperative multiobjective decision support for the paper industry
1999,
We built and deployed a decision-support system for scheduling paper manufacturing and...
Layout of facilities using an ant system approach
2000,
In this paper the layout of facilities is investigated using a heuristic combinatorial...
Fuzzy–genetic algorithms and time-optimal obstacle-free path generation for mobile robots
2000,
This paper describes a new yet efficient technique based on fuzzy logic and genetic...
The application of preprocessing and cutting plane techniques for a class of production planning problems
1998,
This paper investigates properties of integer programming models for a class of...
Using simulated annealing to minimize the cost of centralized telecommunications networks
1999,
The network design problems studied in this paper are typically known in the...
On dynamic policies for quality, prices and advertising
1999,
This study presents a novel algorithm to derive the long term policies of quality...
Improving access to science and math education in Western Pennsylvania
1999,
Seven out of every 10 American jobs are expected to be related to technologies using...
Planning electric power systems under demand uncertainty with different technology lead times
1999,
Demand uncertainty is a key concern of electric utility planners. While the greater...
Value-focused thinking in a difficult context: Planning tourism for Guimaras, Philippines
1999,
We used value-focused thinking as a framework for planning tourism in Guimaras,...
Identifying alternate optimal solutions to the design approximation problem in stock cutting
1999,
The design approximation problem is a well known problem in stock cutting, where, in...
Sensitivity analysis of a railway station track layout with respect to a given timetable
1999,
An important step in the process of designing a railway station track layout is the...
Suggestions for capturing corporate vision in strategic information systems
1998,
In this paper it is suggested that the development and incorporation of a vision of...
The hidden process of budgeting: Execution
1999,
Despite great attention paid to budget execution in the last decades by practitioners,...
Managing public resources: Budget execution
1999,
Much of the budgeting literature has focused on the questions of ‘how’...
When citizen expectations conflict with budgetary reality: Discontinuity between the public's demand for services and its willingness to pay taxes
1999,
The tension between demand for services and willingness to pay for those services,...
Multi-resource investment strategies: Operational hedging under demand uncertainty
1999,
Consider a firm that markets multiple products, each manufactured using several...
On the effects of downstream entry
1999,
We study the effects of entry in a downstream market where firms (e.g., Compaq and...
Strategic facility location: A review
1998,
Facility location decisions are a critical element in strategic planning for a wide...
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