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WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Valuation of variable annuity contracts with cliquet options in Asia markets
Variable annuities are very appealing to the investor. For example, in United States, sales volume on variable annuities grew to a record 184 billion in calendar year 2006. Howeve...
Ming-hua Hsieh
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Integrating simulation and optimization research into a graduate supply chain modeling course
This paper addresses the on-going work of integrating supply chain research into the graduate curriculum in the form of a Supply Chain Modeling course. This course integrates rese...
Ricki G. Ingalls, Mario Cornejo, Chinnatat Methapa...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
A framework for simulating industrial construction processes
In an industrial fabrication shop, such as pipe spool and steel fabrication, a product usually travels in the system in the form of raw materials or components of the product. Dur...
Naimeh Sadeghi, Aminah Robinson Fayek
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
A simulation based optimization algorithm for slack reduction and workforce scheduling
In an assembly line with high labor proportion, the workforce planning and scheduling is a very complex problem. At the background of increasing labor costs, it is very important ...
Daniel Noack, Oliver Rose
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
On the approximation error in high dimensional model representation
Mathematical models are often described by multivariate functions, which are usually approximated by a sum of lower dimensional functions. A major problem is the approximation err...
Xiaoqun Wang
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Optimization of Multi-Project Environment (OPMPE)
Construction business is project oriented and that is why every construction organization is dependent on projects. Typically they undertake multiple projects with limited multipl...
Lokman Hossain, Janaka Ruwanpura
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Priority mix planning for cycle time-differentiated semiconductor manufacturing services
Semiconductor fabs often offer manufacturing service of multiple priorities in terms of cycle time-based X-factor targets (XFTs) and fab production must be planned accordingly. Th...
Shi-Chung Chang, Shin-Shyu Su, Ke-Ju Chen
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Impact of qualification management on scheduling in semiconductor manufacturing
A qualification management software that proposes recipe qualifications on tools in toolsets for semiconductor manufacturing has been developed. The qualification proposals are ba...
Carl Johnzen, Philippe Vialletelle, Stéphan...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
A recursion-based approach to simulating airline schedule robustness
Flight disruptions due to events such as inclement weather or mechanical failure are an increasing occurrence in today's air travel. It is important to develop flight schedul...
Marcial Lapp, Shervin AhmadBeygi, Amy Cohn, Omer T...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Empowering decision support with simulation technology - Scenario Navigator
The commercial simulation environments that are available today focus primarily on the development of simulation models. They are designed for a single user. They provide animatio...
Edwin Valentin, Renk A. Bijlsma, Vincent de Gast