The Netherlands Railways operates a double tracked intensively used network of railroads. To expand the transportation capacity, each year a number of infrastructure expansions are considered. The evaluation of these expansions is traditionally done by establishing a set of detailed timetables...

In this paper we study the capacity investment decision for make-to-order manufacturing firms that utilize a fixed capacity, operate in a stochastic, stationary market, and can influence their demand rate by increasing or decreasing their sales effort. We consider manufacturing situations that...