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A new unified theory of sociobehavioral forces
Jasso, Guillermina - 2007
This paper proposes a new unified theory of sociobehavioral forces. The goal of the new theory is to integrate theories … characteristics, and primordial sociobehavioral outcomes. The unified theory posits the operation of three sociobehavioral forces … distinctive identity and a distinctive magnitude of happiness. Thus, the theory enables systematic and parsimonious analysis of …
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Linking individuals and societies
Jasso, Guillermina - 2009
How do individuals shape societies? How do societies shape individuals? This paper develops a framework for studying the connections between micro and macro phenomena. The framework builds on two ingredients widely used in social science - population and variable. Starting with the simplest case...
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Analyzing firm mortality using life table techniques
Pflaumer, Peter - 1994
The mortality of German joint stock companies is investigated using life table techniques. An EDB-distribution or Hjorth-distribution and an exponential distribution are fitted to the hazard rates, whereby the population is divided into small and large firms. Survivor functions and life...
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Conditional moment tests for parametric duration models
Prieger, James E. - 2000
This paper develops and compares specification tests for parametric duration models estimated with censored data. The tests are based on generalized residuals (the integrated hazard), which is exponentially distributed if the model is correctly specified. I present several conditional moment...
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Improved Dynamic Programs for Some Batching Problems involving the Maximum Lateness Criterion
Wagelmans, A.P.M.; Gerodimos, A.E. - 1999
We study a class of scheduling problems involving the maximumlateness criterion and an element of batching. For all the problemsthat we examine, algorithms appear in the literature which consistof a sorting step to determine an optimal job sequence, followedby a dynamic programming step which...
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A Note on Ending Inventory Valuation in Multiperiod Production Scheduling
van den Heuvel, Wilco; Wagelmans, Albert P.M. - 2002
In a recent paper, Fisher et al. (2001) present a method tomitigate end-effects in lot sizing by including a valuation term for end-of-horizon inventory in the objective function of the short-horizon model. Computational tests show that the proposed method outperforms the Wagner-Whitin algorithm...
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On the Optimal Policy for Deterministic and Exponential Polling Systems
Gaujal, Bruno; Hordijk, Arie; van der Laan, Dinard - 2005
In this paper, we consider deterministic (both fluid and discrete) polling systems with N queues with infinite buffers and we show how to compute the best polling sequence (minimizing the average total workload). With two queues, the best polling sequence is always periodic when the system is...
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A Rank Dependent Scheduling Model
Koster, Paul R.; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2010
probability weighting using rank dependent utility theory. The fundamental difference with the standard scheduling model based on …
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Optimal Balanced Control for Call Centers
Bhulai, Sandjai; Farenhorst-Yuan, Taoying; Heidergott, Bernd - 2010
In this paper we study a challenging call center operation problem. The goal of our analysis is to identify an optimal policy for allocating tasks to agents. As a first step, we discuss promising randomized policies and use stochastic approximation for finding the optimal randomized policy when...
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Hotelling Models with Price-Sensitive Demand and Asymmetric Transport Costs: An Application to Public Transport Scheduling
van der Weijde, Adriaan Hendrik; Verhoef, Erik T.; van … - 2012
We formulate a horizontal differentiation model with price-sensitive demand and asymmetric transport costs, in the context of transport scheduling. Two competitors choose fares and departure times in a fixed time interval. Consumers are distributed uniformly along the interval; their location...
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