We consider the problem of finding the optimal routing of a single vehicle that delivers K different products to N customers according to a particular customer order. The demands of the customers for each product are assumed to be random variables with known distributions. Each product type is...

Hub location problems are network design problems which are solved as part of a strategic decision making process. In strategic planning, decisions may have a long lasting effect and the implementation may take considerable time. Moreover, input data is not precisely known in advance. Hence,...

A heuristic scheduling policy is introduced for multi-item, single-machine production systems facing stochastic, time-varying demands. The policy, which we term the dynamic cycle lengths heuristic, integrates feedback control based on the monitoring of inventory levels with the maintenance of...