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EOR
2008
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Round robin scheduling - a survey
Abstract This paper presents a comprehensive survey on the literature considering round robin tournaments. The terminology used within the area has been modified over time and toda...
Rasmus V. Rasmussen, Michael A. Trick
EOR
2008
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Fixed versus flexible production systems: A real options analysis
In this work, we address investment decisions in production systems by using real options. As is standard in literature, the stochastic variable is assumed to be normally distribu...
Dalila B. M. M. Fontes
EOR
2008
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Optimal pricing, EOL (end of life) warranty, and spare parts manufacturing strategy amid product transition
We study firm's strategy to determine its product price and warranty period, and plan the spare parts manufacturing so as to maximize its profit and at the same time to fulfi...
Bowon Kim, Sangsun Park
EOR
2008
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Retrieving seasonally adjusted quarterly growth rates from annual growth rates that are reported quarterly
Most macroeconomic time-series are reported on a quarterly basis. However, in many cases, official statistical agencies report annual (or `year-on-year') growth rates rather ...
Richard D. F. Harris, Fatih Yilmaz
EOR
2008
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A supply chain model with direct and retail channels
We study a dual channel supply chain in which a manufacturer sells to a retailer as well as to consumers directly. Consumers choose the purchase channel based on price and service...
Aussadavut Dumrongsiri, Ming Fan, Apurva Jain, Kam...
EOR
2008
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A combined approach for segment-specific market basket analysis
Market baskets arise from consumers' shopping trips and include items from multiple categories that are frequently chosen interdependently from each other. Explanatory models...
Yasemin Boztug, Thomas Reutterer
EOR
2008
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Rental price and rental duration under retail competition
Consider a retailer that rents products to customers for a pre-specified rental duration. By considering the dynamics of uncertain rental demand and return processes, we first pre...
Christopher S. Tang, Sarang Deo
EOR
2008
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Competitive online scheduling of perfectly malleable jobs with setup times
We study how to efficiently schedule online perfectly malleable parallel jobs with arbitrary arrival times on m 2 processors. We take into account both the linear speedup of such...
Jessen T. Havill, Weizhen Mao
EOR
2008
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Game-theoretic analysis of cooperation among supply chain agents: Review and extensions
This paper surveys some applications of cooperative game theory to supply chain management. Special emphasis is placed on two important aspects of cooperative games: profit alloca...
Mahesh Nagarajan, Greys Sosic