Four different modes for transporting wood in the first three stages of the wood supply chain are introduced and compared for real-life-based test cases under various scenarios. They include log-trucks and (foldable) containers. Freight forwarders are employed by sawmills to perform the...

At rental car companies, revenue management activities include: determining rental prices, implementing capacity controls, and repositioning the fleet. A rolling horizon linear programming model is developed to provide decision support and to help to integrate the pricing and relocation...

We study a generalised M(k)/M/k queueing system where the arrival rate depends on the number of servers. There are holding costs reflecting the waiting cost of customers and service costs relating to operation of the servers. The objective is to minimise the total system cost in a steady state....

We study a generalised M(k)/M/k queueing system where the arrival rate depends on the number of servers. There are holding costs reflecting the waiting cost of customers and service costs relating to operation of the servers. The objective is to minimise the total system cost in a steady state....