This paper describes a simulation study investigating the performance of two non-recursive spatial clustering methods---the inverted naive and the spiral methods---in extensive detail and comparing them with the hilbert fractal method that has been shown in previous studies to outperform other...

Widespread abuse of internet users’ privacy online has prompted user advocacy groups to implore governments to intervene and protect consumer rights. To study such interventions’ effects, we examine data-protection policies that policy makers and governments can enforce on websites,...

We consider a single production facility capable of producing N products each demanded at a varying rate throughout the planning horizon. The production facility makes a fixed lot in a given period. No more than one product can be produced in a period. Given the initial inventory for each...

We consider a single production facility capable of producing N products each demanded at a varying rate throughout the planning horizon. The production facility makes a fixed lot in a given period. No more than one product can be produced in a period. Given the initial inventory for each...

Outsourcing coupled with technology that enables data to reside anywhere has opened up new challenges to the protection of personal privacy. Privacy laws differ internationally as does the value different cultures place on personal privacy. Such differences have implications for government as...

We study a make-to-order manufacturing system consisting of several processing centers that are subject to failures and repairs. Our objective is to build a model that can be used as a tool for negotiating the delivery date and the price of a certain upcoming order. The model takes into account...