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WSC
1997
13 years 7 months ago
Solving Engine Maintenance Capacity Problems with Simulation
For many companies the scheduling of job shops proves very difficult. Competing priorities (due dates, potential profit) from multiple customers confronts the plant manager with m...
Robert Gatland, Eric Yang, Kenneth Buxton
MANSCI
2008
128views more  MANSCI 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
Optimizing Call Center Staffing Using Simulation and Analytic Center Cutting-Plane Methods
We consider the problem of minimizing staffing costs in an inbound call center, while maintaining an acceptable level of service in multiple time periods. The problem is complicat...
Júlíus Atlason, Marina A. Epelman, S...
HPDC
2010
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Reshaping text data for efficient processing on Amazon EC2
Text analysis tools are nowadays required to process increasingly large corpora which are often organized as small files (abstracts, news articles, etc). Cloud computing offers a ...
Gabriela Turcu, Ian T. Foster, Svetlozar Nestorov
SLS
2009
Springer
224views Algorithms» more  SLS 2009»
14 years 9 days ago
High-Performance Local Search for Solving Real-Life Inventory Routing Problems
Abstract. In this paper, a real-life routing and scheduling problem encountered is addressed. The problem, which consists in optimizing the delivery of fluids by tank trucks on a ...
Thierry Benoist, Bertrand Estellon, Fréd&ea...
HICSS
2003
IEEE
132views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
13 years 11 months ago
Markets for Reliability and Financial Options in Electricity: Theory to Support the Practice
The underlying structure of why and how consumers value reliability of electric service is explored, together with the technological options and cost characteristics for the provi...
Timothy Mount, William Schulze, Richard E. Schuler