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Optimizing environmental product life cycles

Weaver, Paul; Gabel, H.; Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline; … - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 9 (1997) 2, pp. 199-224

In this paper, we propose a methodology, based on materials accounting and operational research techniques, to assess different industry configurations according to their life cycle environmental impacts. Rather than evaluating a specific technology, our methodology searches for the feasible...

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OPTIMAL LOCAL STORAGE ALLOCATION IN ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS FOR THROUGHPUT RATE MAXIMIZATION

POURBABAI, B.; SEIDMANN, A. - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business … - 1989

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Does Optimization Imply Rationality?

Mongin, P. - Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor. - 1998

The relation between rationality and optimization have been widely discussed in the wake of Herbert Simon's work, with … the common conclusion that the rationality concept does not imply the optimization principle. The paper is partly … form optimization to rationality, which is accepted even by bounded rationality theorists. …

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Optimal Defensive Strategies under Varying Consumer Distributional Patterns and Market Maturity

Schuster, Ulrike; J?rgen W?ckl - In: Journal of Economics and Management 1 (2005) 2, pp. 187-206

In this paper we describe a simulation approach to explore optimal defensive strategies concerning an entrant situation in an artificial consumer market. There are two questions of interest concerning the adaptation of the strategy to obtain maximal profits¡Xthe effects of (1) varying...

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Optimal risk in marketing resource allocation

Balbas, Alejandro; Bravo, Mercedes Esteban; Vidal-Sanz, … - Departamento de Economía de la Empresa, Universidad … - 2009

Marketing resource allocation is increasingly based on the optimization of expected returns on investment. If the …

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Quantifying Spatial Mislocation in Centrally Provided Public Goods

Somanathan, Rohini; Athreya, Siva - eSocialSciences - 2010

In this paper they show how an optimization algorithm can be used to approximately quantify the costs to users of …

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Cost Minimization of a Competitive Firm

Moolio, Pahlaj; Islam, Jamal Nazrul - In: Indus Journal of Management & Social Science (IJMSS) 2 (2008) 2, pp. 148-160

One of the economists’ missions is to predict the behavioral responses of consumers or firms on the assumption that optimizing continues. Once this capability is developed, economists try to manage “today” to optimize future economic return of the inputs. Techniques to predict future...

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An IT/IS acquisition and justification model for supply‐chain management

Talluri, Srinivas - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 30 (2000) 3/4, pp. 221-237

Supply‐chain management (SCM) involves coordinating and managing all the activities from raw materials procurement to the delivery of the final product to the customer. A key ingredient for effective SCM is timely planning and information processing across the entire value‐added chain. This...

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Optimality analysis of facility location problems using response surface methodology

Giddings, A.P.; Bailey, T.G.; Moore, J.T. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 31 (2001) 1, pp. 38-52

‐scale facility location and allocation problems in supply chain optimization. A system that automates this process for supply chain … optimization at PFS Logistics Consulting is discussed and an example is presented. …

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Customer service: the distribution of seasonal food products under risk

Boronico, Jess S.; Bland, Dennis J. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 26 (1996) 1, pp. 25-39

Addresses important logistical considerations in the distribution of a seasonal food product. While continued attempts have been made to maintain high levels of customer service within the food industry, the degree of uncertainty in the distribution channel itself often undermines management’s...

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