This paper describes the design, implementation and experimental with an interactive software system which determines the line capacity of a section of running freight trains. The schedules of passenger trains are given. The package can find the effect of decisions related to infrastructure...

This paper discusses the problem of ordering n jobs on a single machine with the objective of minimizing the variance of completion times. It is shown that for n 18 jobs, there exits an optimal solution in which the job with the third largest processing time is always at the second position....

A review of the literature on the qualities of effective managers, leaders and world class or global manager indicates a good degree of consistency in the qualities required to be called a global manager. In these days when mergers and acquisition have become common and national boundaries are...

The shares of a closed-end Mutual Fund may be regarded as derived securities because their value depends entirely on the prices of securities that comprise the fund portfolio. Therefore, the Net Asset Value (NAV) of these shares, after adjustments for winding up costs, can be regarded as their...

A simple best-first tree search scheme with pruning rules to minimize the completion time (makespan) of the project is described. A project consists of a set of activities partially ordered by precedence constraints. An activity has a given non-negative duration and uses renewable resources such...

The focus of this paper is on how Indian Railways can service the steel sector better. The steel sector is a core sector, with railways playing a critical role in its logistics. The paper examines the changing industry structure and brings to light the increased need for transportation, as...

The objective of this study is to gain an insight into the trends of sales promotion literature published over 25 years. Data from 9 well-known foreign journals has been analyzed to provide a classification of framework, compute the trends and identity the gaps in sales promotion literature. A...

In India, airports were totally owned and managed by central government or the armed forces. The Airport Authority of India (AAI), a body functioning under the Ministry of Civil Aviation was responsible for managing the airports in India. In 2000, there were 117 usable airports (including 26...

Managers and students of management in India predicted performance in human/computer system from information about the user’s proficiency with computers and the power of the system. User proficiency was defined as the user’s ability to work with computers; and system power was defined as the...