Keyword: history

Found 218 papers in total
Historical perspective–weaving the lives of Florence Nightingale and Florence Nightingale David into the statistics classroom
2016,
This paper describes an activity to celebrate the lives of Florence Nightingale and...
Application of decision support systems in scheduling/planning of manufacturing/service systems: a critical review
2016,
A review of decision support systems' (DSS) history, evolution, taxonomy,...
OR Forum–A Glimpse at an Operation Analyst’s World War II: ‘Report on the Combat Performance of the Remote Control Turrets of B-29 Aircraft’
2015,
Alex Green was a pioneering operations analyst/researcher for the U.S. Army Air Force...
Nash was a first to axiomatize expected utility
2016,
Nash is famous for many inventions, but it is less known that he, simultaneously with...
The history of forecasting models in revenue management
2016,
Forecasting has been used in revenue management (RM) for nearly the last 60 years....
The evolution of market segmentation in revenue management and dynamic pricing
2016,
Market segmentation techniques have played an extraordinarily important role in...
The evolution of competitor data collection in the hotel industry and its application to revenue management and pricing
2016,
This article explores the move towards the collection and processing of hotel...
The evolution and future of pricing capabilities
2016,
For the past 20 years, faced with increased business and pricing complexity, pricing...
The history of revenue and pricing management ‐ 15 years and more
2016,
Seventeen articles celebrate the 15 years of publication for the Journal of Revenue...
The history of unconstraining models in revenue management
2016,
Unconstraining has been used in revenue management (RM) for nearly the last 40 years....
Inventing RM: How it felt to write a revenue management (RM) system without precedents the scene
2016,
Looking back from the vantage point of 2015 with its rich, vibrant RM community and...
Pricing for hotel revenue management: Evolution in an era of price transparency
2016,
The recession of the early 2000s, the emergence of online booking channels and the...
The evolution of hotel revenue management
2016,
In this article, I discuss the history of hotel revenue management (RM) and trace its...
Industry momentum in an earlier time: evidence from the cowles data
2015,
Virtually all evidence on the efficacy of momentum strategies arises from the...
Logical probabilistic analysis and its history
2015,
Finding analogies between the mathematical logic and the probability theory is both of...
Behind an ambitious megaproject in Asia: The history and implications of the Bakun hydroelectric dam in Borneo
2011,
Using a case‐study, inductive, narrative approach, this article explores the...
Energy transition, carbon dioxide reduction and output growth in the Swedish pulp and paper industry: 1973‐2006
2011,
This study examines the historical relation between carbon dioxide emission and output...
The coming sustainable energy transition: History, strategies, and outlook
2011,
Facing global climate change and scarce petroleum supplies, the world must switch to...
A brief history and the possible future of urban energy systems
2012,
Modern cities depend on energy systems to deliver a range of services such as heating,...
The early history of convergence acceleration methods
2012,
The history of convergence acceleration methods in the 17th century is surveyed....
The development of new infantry tactics during the early eighteenth century: a computer simulation approach to modern military history
2013,
Computational models have been extensively used in military operations research, but...
A tale of three eras: The discovery and rediscovery of the Hungarian Method
2012,
In the Fall of 1953, a translation of a paper of Jeno Egerváry from Hungarian...
History of Queueing Theory in Canada Prior to 1980
2010,
This article presents a history of queueing theory done by Canadian researchers prior...
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