Typically the operating policy for the inventory control system for a commodity is developed independent of the operating policy for the quality control system for that commodity and vice versa. In many circumstances, these systems are dependent on one another. A cost model that combines a fixed...

The problem of determining optimal reorganization policies for databases which employ file structures with overflow chaining is studied. The dynamics of the file performance driven by update transactions and reorganizations is formulated as a stochastic control model which incorporates...

We address the physical SONET network design problem of selecting stackable, unidirectional rings connecting central office nodes (COs) and remote nodes (RNs). This problem frequently arises in designing feeder transport networks to support centralized traffic between the COs and RNs. We...

This paper develops a Lagrangian dual-based branch-and-bound algorithm for the generalized multi-assignment problem (GMAP) which includes the well-known generalized assignment problem (GAP) as a special case. In GMAP, an object may be required to be duplicated in multiple locations. We develop a...