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By using Paradigm, it is possible to model cooperating processes and to make the communication between these processes … very clear. This report gives a formal description of this modeling method using state-transition diagrams in order to … model processes and homomorphismes and interleavings in order to model the cooperation and synchronization of the processes …
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As multi-national firms and major offshore outsourcing companies develop experience with global work, their globally distributed teams face the challenge of collaborating intensely without the common interaction advantages associated with collocated work. This chapter analyzes the sources of...
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In this paper we give an overview of recent developments in the field of modeling single-level dynamic lot sizing … problems. The focus of this paper is on the modeling various industrial extensions and not on the solution approaches. The … and the research basically expands in two opposite directions. The first line of research focuses on modeling the …
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effects relate to coordination, communication and adaptation to distributed electronic work environments. Following an …
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Rede, in verkorte vorm uitgesproken op vrijdag 28 juni 2002 bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van bijzonder hoogleraar aan de Faculteit der Bedrijfskunde, vanwege de Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, met als leeropdracht Bedrijfskunde in het bijzonder Ontwerp van Elektronische...
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A new smoothing approach based on entropic perturbation is proposed for solving mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints. Some of the desirable properties of the smoothing function are shown. The viability of the proposed approach is supported by a computationalstudy on a set of...
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In this article we focus on product return handling and warehousing issues. In some businesses return rates can be well over 20% and returns can be especially costly when not handled properly. In spite of this, many managers have handled returns extemporarily. The fact that quantitative methods...
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The Port of Rotterdam is a key container transshipment hub for Europe. Inland container shipping is important to connect the hinterland (40% market share). Barges visit several terminals per round-trip through the Port, thus requiring a proper planning support – to avoid planning problems such...
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We analyze a newsboy problem with resalable returns. A single order is placed before the selling season starts. Purchased products may be returned by the customer for a full refund within a certain time interval. Returned products are resalable, provided they arrive back before the end of the...
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modeling of arrival processes in port simulations. Uncontrolled, which is an assumed arrival process property in many client … processes: stock-controlled, equidistant, and uncontrolled. We assess how their deployment in a port simulation model, based on …
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