This paper explores methods for scheduling preventive maintenance by means of mathematical programming. Five integer linear programming models are posed, each based on a different optimality criterion dealing with manpower smoothing. By means of two hypothetical examples the models are tested...

Capacity of a facility is defined as its maximum rate of production. Although capacity can be changed by paying the appropriate capital costs, it is often impossible or undesirable to expand or contract capacity to meet exactly a time-varying demand. This paper presents work designed to help...

This note extends some work by Manne [Manne, A. S. 1961. Capacity expansion and probabilistic growth. Econometrica 29 (4, October).], which dealt with the case where demand was growing linearly, and also some work by Srinivasan [Srinivasan, T. N. Geometric rate of growth of demand. Investments...