Keyword: simulation: applications

Found 2691 papers in total
Inventory inaccuracy and supply chain performance: a simulation study of a retail supply chain
2005,
Inventory inaccuracy is a main issue in businesses dealing with physical assets. The...
The bullwhip effect – impact of stochastic lead time, information quality, and information sharing: A simulation study
2004,
We use a simulation model called ‘SISCO’ to examine the effects in supply...
Real-time work schedule adjustment decisions: An investigation and evaluation
2004,
Service managers often find that available worker capacity does not match with actual...
Self-organising behaviour in the presence of negative externalities: A conceptual model of commuter choice
2004,
We use a model with local interaction (a one-dimensional cellular automaton) to study...
Improving activity-based costing heuristics by higher-level cost drivers
2004,
Activity-based costing (ABC) tries to allocate overhead costs to cost objects more...
The heavy-traffic bottleneck phenomenon under splitting and superposition
2004,
Since the heavy-traffic bottleneck phenomenon was observed in tandem queues, various...
The effect of foreknowledge of demand in case of a restricted capacity: The single-stage, single-product case
2004,
One of the important aspects of supply chain management is the possibility to realize...
Parallel simulation of transfer lines by time segmentation
2004,
This paper is concerned with the development of efficient parallel simulation...
Optimum machine selection in multistage manufacturing systems
2005,
Machine selection during the initial stages of facility planning is critical as most...
Performance comparison of search-based simulation optimisation algorithms for operations scheduling
2005,
This paper discusses the use of meta-heuristics coupled with discrete event...
Operational and financial effectiveness of e-collaboration tools in supply chain integration
2004,
This paper develops a comprehensive model of supply chain integration and uses it to...
Reallocation of paths of available bit rate services in a multistage interconnection network-type asynchronous transfer mode switch network
2004,
In this paper, we develop algorithms for reallocating paths of available bit rate...
Performance and learning in a simulation of oil industry dynamics
2004,
Experimental studies on decision making in dynamically complex simulated systems have...
Modeling of capacitated transportation systems for integral scheduling
2004,
Motivated by a planned automated cargo transportation network, we consider...
Simulation-based performance evaluation of transport vehicles at automated container terminals
2004,
Significant unproductive and costly waiting occurs during AGV (Automated Guided...
A simulation based approach to the parameter estimation for the three-parameter gamma distribution
2004,
The gamma distribution is one of the commonly used statistical distributions in...
A simulation-based optimisation approach to size manufacturing systems
2005,
The problem of sizing the resources of a production system is widely encountered both...
Implementing global factory schedules in the face of stochastic disruptions
2005,
The problem of implementing global factory schedules developed from an...
Information transformation in a supply chain: a simulation study
2005,
We study the information transformation by simulating a multi-stage supply chain when...
A state-transition simulation model for the spread of Salmonella in the pork supply chain
2004,
A major food safety issue in pork is Salmonella contamination. A stochastic...
Maximizing revenue in the airline industry under one-way pricing
2004,
The paper describes a methodology that has been implemented in a major British airline...
Evaluating train protection systems
2004,
This paper arose from the work carried out for the Cullen/Uff Joint Inquiry into Train...
TollSim: Simulation and evaluation of toll stations
2004,
This work presents a stochastic simulation model and experimentation for a toll system...
Estimating the macroeconomic information technology investment effect of Korean small firms with system dynamic simulation
2004,
This study was motivated by a practical need for estimating the macroeconomic effect...
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