Keyword: simulation: applications

Found 2691 papers in total
Forecasting children in foster care – New South Wales OOHC Funding Model
2008,
The New South Wales Department of Community Services is a state child protection...
Investigation of practical, robust and flexible decisions for facility location problems using tabu search and simulation
2008,
We investigate how robust and flexible solutions of stochastic capacitated facility...
Is prevention better than cure?
2008,
This paper uses a discrete event simulation model to compare a number of different...
Game theoretic enterprise management in industrial collaborative networks with multi-agent systems
2008,
Nowadays, virtual enterprise (VE) is an important paradigm of business management in...
Discrete-event simulation for evaluating virtual organizations
2008,
Outsourcing is a major driver in the growth of virtual organizations (VOs) in the...
Accounting-based heuristics for order processing and review in a stochastic environment
2008,
As manufacturers evolve from make-to-stock to make-to-order strategies, they are...
Modelling hybrid production systems through the ACD specification: a case study in the fibre-glass industry
2008,
This paper is aimed at formalising a model for hybrid production systems where the...
Robust design of composites manufacturing processes with process simulation and optimisation methods
2008,
Due to the increasing variations in raw materials and manufacturing processes,...
An agent-based dynamic routing strategy for automated material handling systems
2008,
An agent-based dynamic routing strategy for a generic automated material handling...
Dynamic flexibility metrics for capability and capacity
2007,
In production environments, such as Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs), the...
Master production schedule time interval strategies in make-to-order supply chains
2008,
While the literature primarily addresses MPS design from the manufacturer's...
Service-level performance of MRP, kanban, CONWIP and DBR due to parameter stability and environmental robustness
2008,
Decisions regarding production planning and control strategy (PPCS) choices can be...
Simulation of passenger vehicle order fulfilment processes
2007,
There are strong competitive pressures on high volume automotive producers to develop...
Discrete event modelling and simulation in systems biology
2007,
With Systems Biology, a promising new application area for modelling and simulation...
Modeling customized product configuration in large assembly manufacturing with supply-chain considerations
2007,
Dynamic variability in low-volume and highly customized products of a large assembly...
Framework for flexibility in dynamic supply chain management
2008,
Effective Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a pivotal issue in the dynamically changing...
A comparison of stochastic dominance and stochastic DEA for vendor evaluation
2008,
Vendor selection involves decisions balancing a number of conflicting criteria. Data...
Investigation of rolling horizon flexibility contracts in a supply chain under highly variable stochastic demand
2008,
A discrete-event simulation model of a supply chain has been developed to evaluate...
A spatial high-resolution model of the dynamics of agricultural land use
2008,
An area model is presented for agricultural land use, based on a generalized linear...
Operational forecasting of South African sugarcane production: Part 1 – System description
2007,
Commercial sugarcane crops in South Africa are grown under a wide range of agronomic...
Operational forecasting of South African sugarcane production: Part 2 – System evaluation
2007,
The performance of a model-based crop forecasting system is assessed in this paper....
Modelling the effect of groundwater depth on yield-increasing interventions in rainfed lowland rice in Central Java, Indonesia
2007,
Because of drought and nutrient stress, the yields of rainfed lowland rice in Central...
Economics of alternative simulated manual asparagus harvesting strategies
2007,
Asparagus is harvested daily during the production season. The adoption of harvesting...
Relevance of rest periods in non-equilibrium rangeland systems – a modelling analysis
2007,
The worldwide loss of utilisable rangeland in (semi-) arid areas results in huge...
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