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Uncapacitated Plant Location Under Alternative Spatial Price Policies

Hanjoul, Pierre; Hansen, Pierre; Peeters, Dominique; … - In: Management Science 36 (1990) 1, pp. 41-57

Given a spatial system of clients' demand functions, this paper proposes solution methods to determine the price(s), the number, the locations, the sizes, and the market areas of the plants supplying the clients in order to maximize the profit of the firm. Three alternative spatial price...

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An Overview of Representative Problems in Location Research

Brandeau, Margaret L.; Chiu, Samuel S. - In: Management Science 35 (1989) 6, pp. 645-674

We present a survey of over 50 representative problems in location research. Our goal is not to review all variants of different location models or to describe solution results, but rather to provide a broad overview of major location problems that have been studied, indicating briefly how they...

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A Multiechelon Inventory Problem with Secondary Market Sales

Angelus, Alexandar - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 12, pp. 2145-2162

We consider a finite-horizon, multiechelon inventory system in which the surplus of stock can be sold (i.e., disposed) in the secondary markets at each stage in the system. What are called <i>nested echelon order-up-to policies</i> are shown to be optimal for jointly managing inventory replenishments...

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An Efficient Procedure for Designing Single Allocation Hub and Spoke Systems

Pirkul, Hasan; Schilling, David A. - In: Management Science 44 (1998) 12-Part-2, pp. 235-235

Given the widespread use of the hub and spoke network architecture and its growing importance to competitiveness in logistics, communication, and mass transportation, there has been considerable interest by practitioners and researchers alike in finding efficient methods for designing such...

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Sequencing to Minimize Work Overload in Assembly Lines with Product Options

Yano, Candace Arai; Rachamadugu, Ram - In: Management Science 37 (1991) 5, pp. 572-586

We address the problem of sequencing jobs, each of which is characterized by one of a large number of possible combinations of customer-specified options, on a paced assembly line. These problems arise frequently in the automotive industry. One job must be launched into the system at equal time...

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Heuristics for Multimachine Scheduling Problems with Earliness and Tardiness Costs

Federgruen, A.; Mosheiov, G. - In: Management Science 42 (1996) 11, pp. 1544-1555

We consider multimachine scheduling problems with earliness and tardiness costs. We first, analyze problems in which the cost of a job is given by a general nondecreasing, convex function F of the absolute deviation of its completion time from a (common) unrestrictive due-date, and the objective...

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Prescribing Tactical Response for Oil Spill Clean Up Operations

Wilhelm, W. E.; Srinivasa, A. V. - In: Management Science 43 (1997) 3, pp. 386-402

decision variables to facilitate solution. We then develop two heuristics to obtain approximate solutions to the TDP. The first … heuristic is an LP-based method, while the second uses a combination of LP relaxation and branch and bound. The two heuristics …

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Heuristics for Pricing and Positioning a Product-Line Using Conjoint and Cost Data

Dobson, Gregory; Kalish, Shlomo - In: Management Science 39 (1993) 2, pp. 160-175

published heuristics. We also show how the methodology can be applied, taking existing products of both the firm and the …

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The Nonstationary Stochastic Lead-Time Inventory Problem: Near-Myopic Bounds, Heuristics, and Testing

Anupindi, Ravi; Morton, Thomas E.; Pentico, David - In: Management Science 42 (1996) 1, pp. 124-129

near-myopic bounds, heuristics, testing. Management Sci. 41(2) 334--343.), which assumed zero lag, to obtain near …-myopic bounds and heuristics for the nonstationary stochastic leadtime problem with arbitrary sequences of demand distributions, and … to obtain planning horizon results. Four heuristics have been tested on a number of different demand scenarios over a …

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Modeling as Constrained Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of the Data Modeling Process

Srinivasan, Ananth; Te'eni, Dov - In: Management Science 41 (1995) 3, pp. 419-434

a set of activities that are managed by several heuristics. We found that some heuristics were effective in reducing the …

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