Found 97029 papers in total
A note on the generalized due dates scheduling problems
1990,
The paper considers the problem of scheduling jobs on a single machine with generalized due dates. The due...
A study of labor assignment rules with bottlenecks
1990,
Although labor flexibility has been recognised as an effective managerial tool to handle bottleneck...
The relief indicator method for constrained global optimization
1990,
The authors consider the problem of globally minimizing a continuous, not-necessarily smooth function f(x)...
A sequencing heuristic for dependent setups in a batch process industry
1990,
Microcomputer-based scheduling systems are dramatically enhancing the ability of manufacturing firms to...
Simulating warehouse costs: A spreadsheet application
1987,
It is often difficult to compute total cost of a forward warehouse operation given uncertain demand and...
A risk/benefit analysis of sourcing strategies: Single vs. multiple sourcing
1988,
This study uses a risk/benefit approach to carefully examine sourcing strategies from the perspective of...
Making group collaboration work
1987,
The success of business endeavour is a function of the degree to which those individuals involved can work...
Telecommuting: The case of research software development
1990,
This paper reports seven case histories involving the use of telecommuting in the environment of research...
Throughput and delay in multihop TDM radio networks
1990,
In this paper the authors address the problem of throughput maximization and delay minimization in general...
Project based information systems for construction
1990,
The ‘Earned Value’ method for Government project performance measurement has assisted in...
Spatial-temporal models for counting processes in ecology
1989,
Spatial and temporal counting of individuals is often necessary in ecological population study. Meanwhile,...
From economism to systems theory and new indicators of development
1990,
The 1990s, designated by the United Nations as the Fourth Development Decade, are ushering in a new global...
An expert system framework for economic evaluation of machining operation planning
1990,
Recognising the importance of combining manufacturing and management systems for machining operation...
Design of time-of-use rate periods for a utility
1988,
Electric utilities are turning to the time-of-use rate structure as a solution to the pricing dilemma they...
Qualitative reasoning on flow networks and its applications-Reasoning without qualitative equations
1989,
There are several abstraction levels for qualitative modeling and reasoning. After two years of efforts to...
Optimal selection problem with three stops
1989,
Optimal selection problems with multiple choices, like secretary, dowry or marriage problems have...
An expert system for designing precision forging dies
1990,
This paper presents a structured method for extracting knowledge in building expert systems for designing...
Optimization of a chilled water plant using sequential quadratic programming
1990,
Air in most non-residential buildings needs to be cooled to maintain occupant comfort. Typically, the air...
Machine design optimization by the Monte Carlo annealing method
1990,
The paper presents the application of the Monte Carlo annealing method for machine design optimization....
Pareto-optimal solutions in helicopter design problems
1990,
The design of a complex engineering system involves several competing objectives which cannot be combined...
A multistage decision operator method for engineering optimization
1990,
This paper presents a multistage decision operator method for engineering optimization with discrete...
Uncertainty reasoning applied to the assessment of composite materials for structural design
1990,
The problem of selecting the most suitable fibre-reinforced composite materials for a given design is...
Queueing analysis for buffered persistent CSMA local networks
1990,
The authors develop a joint probability generating function for the message queue lengths in a slotted...
Current status and future of structural panels in the wood products industry
1990,
The technical, manufacturing, economic and policy considerations which are shaping innovation in...
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