Simulation and Operational Research
Development and use of simulation models in Operational Research: a comparison of discrete event simulation and system dynamics
... The same case is used for both studies implemented in the thesis. Due to the different aspects compared by the two studies, the integrity of the study is not considered to be affected by the use of the same case. The ...
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Reliability theory in operational research
... However, the LL statistic measures how well the Beta distribution fits the data. In this case every observation in the data set is equally important in determining the statistic. Both measures of goodness of fit use ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... unattended. Research in entity search can be ap- plied to diverse types of disasters that involve damages to infra- structures, such as hurricanes, floods, and terrorist attacks among ...as simulation, ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... state-of-the-art simulation model MGCCSimul is utilized to evaluate the resulting clearance time, travel distance, and level of congestion for the designed evacuation ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... For presentational ease, we will refer to the transshipment policy that minimizes the cost under the DP formulation as the optimal transshipment policy. Our formulation is for a two location system setup. While it is ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... To that end, we formulate the radiation therapy appointment scheduling problem as a discounted infinite-horizon Markov deci- sion process (MDP). To deal with an intractable number of vari- ables and constraints, we first ...
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Operational research as implementation science: definitions, challenges and research priorities
... computer simulation model that was developed to evaluate the implementation of a CDU on ED waiting ...puter simulation model is a simplified dynamic repre- sentation of the real system that in most cases is ...
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Evolution of a Simulation Testbed into an Operational Tool
... Flexible Airspace Utilization (Tubes), (2007) The concept of tube structures for aircraft have been considered as a means to provide flexible, conflict-free trajectories for future ATM application. An analysis of five ...
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Workflow Simulation for Operational Decision Support
... Short-term Simulation Although most workflow management systems offer a simulation component, simulation is rarely used for operational decision making and process improve- ...existing ...
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Operational Study and Simulation of a Biogas Upgrading Plant
... Samson O. Masebinu 1 , Akinwale O. Aboyade 2 , Edison Muzenda 3 Abstract - The drive for finding alternative energy to supplement fossil based fuel within the South African energy sector has led to research on ...
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Online simulation for the operational management of inpatient beds
... The simulation model described by Everett (2002) considers both bed and operating theatre ...this research, its scope is high-level; including multiple hospitals which draw from a centralised waiting ...
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Inland Waterway Operational Model & Simulation Along the Ohio River
... Certainly it is true that extreme delays in queue and extremely slow lockages are so rare that they reveal no tendency to appear in tandem. Our two dependent variables are weakly correlated at the 0.19 level. 107 The two ...
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Offshore Wind Turbine Reliability and Operational Simulation under Uncertainties
... Existing operational simulation models assume deterministic input reliability and failure cost data, whereas OWT reliability and fail- ure costs vary depending on several factors, and it is often not ...
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Operational Research
... For the Gorman Construction Company problem (see Figure 9.1), assume that Node 7 is the company’s warehouse and supply center. Several daily trips are commonly made from node 7 to the o[r] ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... The model has several limitations. First, our equilibrium results are based on open loop solutions. Second, we assume prices are exogenous after the first period. In reality, firms could adjust prices along with qualities ...
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Theoretical foundations of operational research
... totality and complexity is that of General Systems Theory.. This approach.[r] ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... The shortest distance model can be used to support a group management planning process for mapping a group MPS (GMPS) back to the feasible space of each branch to find its local MPS (LMPS[r] ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... future research In this paper, we have focused on an area that has received rel- atively little attention in the manufacturing scheduling field, at least as compared to the overwhelming wealth of literature dealing ...
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European Journal of Operational Research
... We can identify different topics for further research. As we have seen, the product usage growth rate a has a large impact on the CLV. In this paper, we assumed a to be constant. It would be inter- esting to allow ...
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Operational Research and Organizational System
... Based on this view, is based on the need to develop a critical paradigm of operational research. Soft OR are particularly exposed to criticism because of its regulatory and conservative nature of the ...
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