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General Model for Automated Diagnosis of Business Performance

Caron, E.A.M.; Daniels, H.A.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005

In this paper, we describe an extension of the methodology for explanation generation in financial knowledge … analyses are performed with a diagnostic software application which implements our theory of explanation. Comparison of results … of the classic explanation methodology with the results of the extended methodology shows significant improvements in the …

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Flexible Decision Support in Dynamic Interorganizational Networks

Collins, Collins, J.; Ketter, Ketter, W.; Gini, Gini, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

An effective Decision Support System (DSS) should help its users improve decision-making in complex, information-rich, environments. We present a feature gap analysis that shows that current decision support technologies lack important qualities for a new generation of agile business models that...

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Intelligent Personalized Trading Agents that facilitate Real-time Decisionmaking for Auctioneers and Buyers in the Dutch Flower Auctions

Ketter, Ketter, W.; van Heck, van Heck, H.W.G.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

In this case the Dutch Flower Auctions (DFA) are discussed. The DFA are part of the supply network in which flowers are produced, stocked, and then sold through either mediation or auctioning. This case focuses on the buyers’ and auctioneers’ positions when flowers are traded through...

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Hybrid Meta-Heuristics for Robust Scheduling

Kaymak, Uzay; Dekker, Rommert; Surico, Surico, M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

The production and delivery of rapidly perishable goods in distributed supply networks involves a number of tightly coupled decision and optimization problems regarding the just-in-time production scheduling and the routing of the delivery vehicles in order to satisfy strict customer specified...

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Diagnosis in the Olap Context

Caron, E.A.M.; Daniels, Daniels, H.A.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

multidimensional analysis is business diagnosis. Diagnosis is defined as finding the “best” explanation of observed symptoms. Today … conventional OLAP system with an explanation formalism, which mimics the work of business decision makers in diagnostic processes …

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Rostering at a Dutch Security Firm

Freling, Freling, R.; Piersma, N.; Wagelmans, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

The roster planning process at the Dutch security firm NVD was traditionally carried out by hand. A few years NVD was traditionally carried out by hand. A few years ago, because of changing labor laws in the Netherlands, this became practically impossible. We developed a decision support system...

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A decision support system for crew planning in passenger transportation using a flexible branch-and-price algorithm

Freling, Freling, R.; Lentink, Lentink, R.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

This paper discusses a decision support system for airline and railway crew planning. The system is a state-of-the-art branch-and-price solver that is used for crew scheduling and crew rostering. We briefly discuss the mathematical background of the solver, of which most part is covered in the...

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The Value of Analogical Reasoning for the Design of Creative Sales Promotion Campaigns: A Case-Based Reasoning Approach

Althuizen, Althuizen, N.A.P.; Wierenga, Wierenga, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Many marketing problems, such as the design of marketing communication campaigns and the development of new products, require creative solutions. Such problems are typically weakly-structured and underspecified (open-ended). The authors investigate the potential of analogical reasoning as a...

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A Multidimensional Framework for Financial-Economic Decisions

Hallerbach, Winfried; Spronk, Jaap - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

Most financial-economic decisions are made consciously, with a clear and constant drive to "good", "better" or even "optimal" decisions. Nevertheless, many decisions in practice do not earn these qualifications, despite the availability of financial economic theory, decision sciences and ample...

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The Relevance of MCDM for Financial Decisions

Spronk, Jaap; Hallerbach, Winfried - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

For people working in finance, either in academia or in practice or in both, the combination of ?finance? and ?multiple …

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