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2007
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Computer assisted customer churn management: State-of-the-art and future trends
John Hadden, Ashutosh Tiwari, Rajkumar Roy, Dymitr...
COR
2007
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On a stochastic sequencing and scheduling problem
We present a framework for solving multistage pure 0–1 programs for a widely used sequencing and scheduling problem with uncertainty in the objective function coefficients, the...
Antonio Alonso-Ayuso, Laureano F. Escudero, M. Ter...
COR
2007
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Sourcing with random yields and stochastic demand: A newsvendor approach
We studied a supplier selection problem, where a buyer, while facing random demand, is to decide ordering quantities from a set of suppliers with different yields and prices.We pr...
Shitao Yang, Jian Yang, Layek Abdel-Malek
COR
2007
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A decision support system for the single-depot vehicle rescheduling problem
Disruptions in trips can prevent vehicles from executing their schedules as planned. Mechanical failures, accidents, and traffic congestion often hinder a vehicle schedule. When a...
Jing-Quan Li, Denis Borenstein, Pitu B. Mirchandan...
COR
2007
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A general heuristic for vehicle routing problems
We present a unified heuristic, which is able to solve five different variants of the vehicle routing problem: the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW), the capacit...
David Pisinger, Stefan Ropke
COR
2007
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An approximation scheme for two-machine flowshop scheduling with setup times and an availability constraint
This paper studies the two-machine permutation flowshop scheduling problem with anticipatory setup times and an availability constraint imposed only on the first machine. The obje...
Xiuli Wang, T. C. Edwin Cheng
COR
2007
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Lagrangean relaxation with clusters and column generation for the manufacturer's pallet loading problem
We consider in this paper a new lagrangean relaxation with clusters for the Manufacturer’s Pallet Loading Problem (MPLP). The relaxation is based on the MPLP formulated as a Max...
Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro, Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lo...
COR
2007
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The impact of US tax depreciation law on asset location and ownership decisions
The decision of whether to manufacture products within the US, manufacture internationally or to outsource production depends critically upon a thorough understanding of the costs...
Joseph C. Hartman, Stephen L. Liedtka, Lawrence V....
COR
2007
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The bi-objective covering tour problem
The paper discusses the definition and solution of a bi-objective routing problem, namely the bi-objective covering tour problem. The bi-objective CTP is a generalization of the ...
Nicolas Jozefowiez, Frédéric Semet, ...