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EOR
2006
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Evaluating cost taxonomies for information systems management
The consideration of costs, benefits and risks underpin many Information System (IS) evaluation decisions. Yet, vendors and project-champions alike tend to identify and focus much...
Zahir Irani, Ahmad Ghoneim, Peter E. D. Love
EOR
2006
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Vehicle routing and crew scheduling for metropolitan mail distribution at Australia Post
This paper presents a new multi-depot combined vehicle and crew scheduling algorithm, and uses it, in conjunction with a heuristic vehicle routing algorithm, to solve the intra-ci...
B. L. Hollis, M. A. Forbes, B. E. Douglas
EOR
2006
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A genetic algorithm for the two-dimensional strip packing problem with rectangular pieces
Given a set of rectangular pieces and a container of fixed width and variable length, the two-dimensional strip packing problem (2D-SPP) consists of orthogonally placing all the p...
Andreas Bortfeldt
EOR
2006
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A factor 1/2 approximation algorithm for two-stage stochastic matching problems
We introduce the two-stage stochastic maximum-weight matching problem and demonstrate that this problem is NP-complete. We give a factor 1 2 approximation algorithm and prove its ...
Nan Kong, Andrew J. Schaefer
EOR
2006
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Financial networks with intermediation: Risk management with variable weights
: In this paper, we develop a framework for the modeling, analysis, and computation of solutions to multitiered financial network problems with intermediaries in which both the sou...
Anna Nagurney, Ke Ke
EOR
2006
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Additive rules in discrete allocation problems
Gustavo Bergantiños, Juan J. Vidal-Puga
EOR
2006
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Load balancing and capacity constraints in a hierarchical location model
Recent work on the location of perinatal facilities in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro resulted in the development of an uncapacitated, three-level hierarchical model. An impor...
Roberto D. Galvão, Luis Gonzalo Acosta Espe...
EOR
2006
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Multi-period capacity expansion for a local access telecommunications network
In this paper, we examine a multi-period capacity expansion problem for a local access telecommunications network with a tree topology. Capacity expansion is realized through the ...
Michel Gendreau, Jean-Yves Potvin, Ali Smires, Pat...
EOR
2006
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Search allocation game
This paper deals with a multi-stage two-person zero-sum game called the multi-stage search allocation game (MSSAG), in which a searcher and an evader participate. The searcher dist...
Ryusuke Hohzaki