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Dynamically allocating expediting funds in projects with schedule uncertainty

Bregman, Robert L. - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 3 (2009) 3, pp. 363-376

approach and a method based on task Criticality Indices (CIs). The results from a large simulation experiment show this new …

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Variance-based approximations of transaction waiting times in autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems

Zhang, Li; Krishnamurthy, Ananth; Malmborg, Charles J.; … - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 3 (2009) 2, pp. 146-169

adjust approximations based on the variance of the transaction inter-arrival times observed in a system. Simulation …

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A simulation study of registration queue disciplines in an outpatient clinic: a two-stage patient flow model

Min, Daiki; Yih, Yuehwern - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 3 (2009) 2, pp. 127-145

) that affect the process variability of patient flows. Second, we conduct a series of simulation experiments with three … (EDD). The simulation results show that the proposed FR rule improves system performance significantly. [Received 22 …

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Performance modelling of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems with generally distributed service times

Zhang, Li; Krishnamurthy, Ananth; Malmborg, Charles J.; … - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 5 (2011) 4, pp. 448-470

queue lengths in capacitated, non-Poisson queuing systems. Simulation-based validation studies suggest that the proposed …

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Application of Taguchi method to analyse the impacts of common process and batch size in multistage production system under uncertain conditions

Wazed, Md. Abdul; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Nukman, Yusoff - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 5 (2011) 2, pp. 215-231

uncertainty. In this research, the authors developed simulation models for multistage production system under common processes in … an uncertain situation created by machine breakdown and quality variation. Few simulation models are developed based on a … WITNESS, a simulation package. It is observed that the variation in level of common process in the system has significant …

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The development of a hierarchical rough-cut capacity planning model and demand management system for fishing-net manufacturing

Hsieh, Chiung-Hsi; Yang, Taho; Su, Chao-Ton; Lin, Cheng-Han - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 6 (2012) 4, pp. 422-440

successfully implemented in a fishing-net production company; and a simulation model is used to illustrate its effectiveness for …

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An improved approach for constructing lower confidence bound on process yield

Wu, Chien-Wei; Liao, Mou-Yuan; Chen, James C. - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 6 (2012) 3, pp. 369-390

Process yield, the percentage of processed product units passing inspection, is a standard numerical measure of process performance in manufacturing industry. Based on the expression of process yield, Boyles (1994) presented a yield-measure index, Spk, for normally distributed processes. In...

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A GRASP approach to transporter scheduling for ship assembly block operations management

Park, Changkyu; Seo, Junyong - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 7 (2013) 3, pp. 312-332

with sequence-dependent setup times and precedence constraints is an NP-hard problem. Through simulation experiments, we …

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An application methodology for logistics and transportation scenarios analysis and comparison within the retail supply chain

Bruzzone, Agostino; Longo, Francesco - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 8 (2014) 1, pp. 112-142

development of a dedicated simulation-based software tool for scenarios analysis and comparison and its inclusion in a methodology …

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Data mining model adjustment control charts for cascade processes

Kim, Seoung Bum; Jitpitaklert, Weerawat; Chen, Victoria C.P. - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 7 (2013) 4, pp. 442-455

simulation study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed control chart and compare it with the standard …

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