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WSC
2008
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Mixed model assembly line balancing problem with fuzzy operation times and drifting operations
Assembly line balancing problem (ALBP) means assigning a series of task elements to uniform sequential stations under certain restrictions. This paper considers a special type of ...
Weida Xu, Tianyuan Xiao
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
DE2M: A solution for analyzing supply chain
María de los Milagros Gutiérrez, Hor...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Enhanced Bandwidth-Delay Based Routing Algorithm for a packet-switched virtual call centre environment
Traditionally call centres were based on circuit-switched systems. But with the advancement of communication technologies, call centres have shifted to packet-switched systems. Th...
Akinbola Adetunji, Hadi Larijani
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Phrase based browsing for simulation traces of network protocols
Most discrete event simulation frameworks are able to output simulation runs as a trace. The Network Simulator 2 (NS2) is a prominent example that does so to decouple generation o...
Nathan J. Schmidt, Peter Kemper
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Randomized methods for solving the Winner Determination Problem in combinatorial auctions
Combinatorial auctions, where buyers can bid on bundles of items rather than bidding them sequentially, often lead to more economically efficient allocations of financial resource...
Joshua C. C. Chan, Dirk P. Kroese
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
The use of simulation for process improvement in metal industry - case HT-Lasertekniikka
Companies in the metal industry want to find solutions for increasing the quality of service and productivity of the operation, but it is not an easy task to do, especially if the...
Toni Ruohonen, Mikko Kamppila, Antti Jokitalo
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Nonlinear process modeling and optimization based on Multiway Kernel Partial Least Squares model
MKPLS (Multiway Kernel Partial Least Squares) methods are used to model the batch processes from process operational data. To improve the optimization performance, a batch-to-batc...
Liqing Di, Zhihua Xiong, XianHui Yang
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Embedding human scheduling in a steel plant simulation
A simulation was commissioned to understand the interactions that constrain the capacity of a steel plant. The aim was for this to become a reusable tool that could evaluate the e...
David Briggs