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Heuristic Concentration and Tabu Search: A Nose to Nose Comparison

Rosing, K.E.; ReVelle, C.S. - 1997

In 1997 two papers_new applying the metaheuristics Tabu Search (TS) and Heuristic Concentration (HC) tothe p-median problem were published in consecutive volumes of the European Journal of OperationalResearch. Here we apply the method of HC some of the data sets which were used for...

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Integrated framework for managing sustainable supply chain practices

Kucht Campos, Juliana - 2015

The pressure on companies towards sustainable development is changing the way they are dealing with their supply chain network. Practices are not limited to the company level. They are involving suppliers, customers, government, society and other stakeholders that impact and are impacted by the...

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Sales force deployment by genetic concepts

Sprecher, Arno - 1999

Sales force management decisions belong to the major issues considered in marketing research. Among others, the alignment of sales territories has been one of the main field of work for years. Recent results have reported a strong impact of the alignment of sales territories on profit, and,...

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Complementary, competitive methods for multi-level lot sizing and scheduling: Tabu search and randomized regrets

Kimms, Alf - 1994

This contribution presents two heuristic approaches for multi-level, single-machine lot sizing and scheduling. The first one is a variant of a so-called randomized regret based heuristic which is assumed to be the fastest available method for this particular class of problems. The second...

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Beam search for the elastic generalized assignment problem

Büther, Marcel - 2008

The elastic generalized assignment problem (eGAP) is a natural extension of the generalized assignment problem (GAP) where the capacities are not any longer fixed but can be adjusted which is expressed by continuous variables. These variables might be unbounded or restricted by a lower or upper...

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Technisch-wirtschaftliche Bewertung des Einsatzes von batterieelektrischen Nutzfahrzeugen in der Distribution von Konsumgütern

Schöder, Dustin - 2017

komplexes Marktumfeld für die in der Distribution von Konsumgütern im Wettbewerb stehenden Unternehmen. Die Dissertation befasst … Distribution von Konsumgütern technisch-wirtschaftlich bewerten zu können. Das entwickelte Bewertungsmodell wird im Rahmen dieser … Anwendungsfälle stammen den Bereichen der Lebensmittel-, Fashion- und KEP-Distribution und wurden anhand von neun Unternehmen erhoben …

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Performance analysis of the closed loop supply chain

Asif, Farazee MA; Bianchi, Carmine; Rashid, Amir; … - In: Journal of Remanufacturing 2 (2012), pp. 1-21

Purpose: The question of resource scarcity and emerging pressure of environmental legislations has brought a new challenge for the manufacturing industry. On the one hand, there is a huge population that demands a large quantity of commodities; on the other hand, these demands have to be met by...

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The Road to a Digitalized Supply Chain Management: Smart and Digital Solutions for Supply Chain Management

Kersten, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2018

-based approaches for logistics and supply chains. They present business models and investment options for enhanced strategic decision … Logistics with regard to: Innovation and Technology Management, Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Supply Chain Analytics …

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Exact Solutions to the Symmetric and Asymmetric Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Delivery and Pick-Up

Rieck, Julia; Zimmermann, Jürgen - In: BuR - Business Research 6 (2013) 1, pp. 77-92

In reverse logistics networks, products (e.g., bottles or containers) have to be transported from a depot to customer …

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Adaptive control schemes for parameterized heuristic scheduling

Schirmer, Armin - 1998

heuristics do better. In priority rule-based scheduling, attempts to remedy this have been made by combining simple priority …

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