We consider a single-commodity production-inventory supply chain in a supplier–retailer setting with batch production for the supplier, batch ordering for the retailer, and intermediate storage between the supplier and the retailer. These features have been studied in the literature of supply...

We bound the difference in performance measures among different orders of tandem queues when service times are nonoverlapping. Two types of nonoverlapping service times, with respect to (w.r.t.) tasks and w.r.t. customers, are defined; it is not required that service times be independent. For...

Typically international airports have features quite distinct from those of regional airports. We discuss the process of developing a Decision Support System, and appropriate mathematical models and algorithms to use for making gate allocation decisions at an international airport. As an...

The move of Hong Kong International Airport from the city centre to a suburban area in July 1998 provided sufficient capacity to meet the increasing demand of passenger and air-cargo flows in Hong Kong in the foreseeable future. However, the move has adverse side effects such as causing the...