We present a dynamic and distributed approach to the hospital patient scheduling problem: the multi-agent Pareto-improvement appointment exchanging algorithm, MPAEX. It respects t...
Ivan B. Vermeulen, Sander M. Bohte, D. J. A. Somef...
Effective operational control of a manufacturing system that has routing flexibility is dependent upon being able to make informed real-time decisions in the event of a system dis...
Catherine M. Harmonosky, Robert H. Farr, Ming-Chua...
Supply chains are ubiquitous in the manufacturing of many complex products. Traditionally, supply chains have been created through the intricate interactions of human representati...
Planning construction projects typically makes use of the activity network based Critical Path Method (CPM), since it is very simple to use and reasonably versatile. Most other pl...
Monte Carlo techniques have long been used (since Buffon's experiment to approximate the value of by tossing a needle onto striped paper) to analyze phenomena which, due to ...
Samarn Chantaravarapan, Ali K. Gunal, Edward J. Wi...