IIE Transactions articles from March 2005

IIE Transactions archives from March 2005

Using a pseudo-stochastic approach for multiple-parts scheduling on an unreliable machine.
March 1, 2005... 1. Introduction A major difficulty that has to be resolved when modeling a stochastic dynamic system is how to treat information regarding future events. Several modeling approaches have been suggested for stochastic optimal control...

Dynamic lot size problems with one-way product substitution.
March 1, 2005... 1. Introduction This paper considers a finite horizon, multi-product, Dynamic Lot Size (DLS) problem with one-way product substitution. There are m products, each with known demands in an n-period planning horizon. The products are indexed...

Design of self-regulating production control systems by Tradeoffs Programming.
March 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Management must continually devise new strategies to deal with the competitive nature of today's production environment. The Production Control System (PCS) lies at the heart of any manufacturing system and links all of its...

Emergency department operations: the basis for developing a simulation tool.
March 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Until a few decades ago, service industries used simple methods, if any, to design, analyze and operate systems. However, in recent years, in light of the increased demand on these industries, coupled with the rising cost...

On the trade-offs between risk pooling and logistics costs in a multi-plant network with commonality.
March 1, 2005... 1. Introduction The evolution of multi-plant networks has been driven by financial, marketing and operational factors. For example, firms such as Toyota and BMW create a multi-plant network to leverage the exchange rate differentials...

Building performance standards into data envelopment analysis structures.
March 1, 2005... 1. Introduction Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), as developed in Charnes et al. (1978), is based on the concept of efficiency of a Decision-Making Unit (DMU), measured relative to some comparison set of similar units. Several variations of...

Design of Logic-Based Intelligent Systems.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Design of Logic-Based Intelligent Systems Klaus Truemper Wiley-Interscience, 2004, 352 pages, ISBN 0471484032, $84.95 This monograph presents a framework for solving various problems naturally arising in Artificial Intelligence...

Risk Modeling, Assessment and Management (Second Edition).(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Risk Modeling, Assessment and Management (Second Edition) Yacov Y. Haimes Wiley -- Interscience, Hoboken, NJ, 2004, 837 pages, ISBN 0-471-48048-7, $120.00 Professor Yacov Y. Haimes has created another masterpiece. In 1998, he...