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CDC
2008
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
2008
IEEE
— In this paper, we study the Dynamic Traveling Repairman Problem (DTRP) for dynamic systems. In the DTRP, customers are arising dynamically and randomly in a bounded region R, a...
WSC
2004
13 years 7 months ago
2004
In this paper, we consider semiconductor manufacturing processes that can be characterized by a diverse product mix, heterogeneous parallel machines, sequence-dependent setup time...
EOR
2008
13 years 6 months ago
2008
We study the market partition between two distinct firms that deliver services to waiting time sensitive customers. In our model, the incoming customers select a firm on the basis...
CP
2003
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2003
Springer
Abstract. Many real world problems, e.g. personnel scheduling and transportation planning, can be modeled naturally as Constrained Shortest Path Problems (CSPPs), i.e., as Shortest...
PE
2010
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2010
Springer
In this paper we consider a single-server cyclic polling system. Between visits to successive queues, the server is delayed by a random switch-over time. The order in which custom...