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Approaches to integrated strategic/tactical forest planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Traditionally forest planning is divided into a hierarchy of planning phases. Strategic planning is conducted to make decisions about sustainable harvest levels while taking into account legislation and policy issues.
Andersson, Daniel
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Evaluation and ranking of multi-type projects with mixed multi-criteria cost/benefit and optimization of project portfolio selection [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Project Management
A majority of companies are involved in the planning and execution of projects. The number of projects that companies need to evaluate has significantly increased in recent years.
Semih Eren Karakiliç   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On Scheduling a Photolithography Process Containing Cluster Tools

open access: yes, 2018
Photolithography is typically the bottleneck process in semiconductor manufacturing. In this paper, we present a model for optimizing the scheduling of the photolithography process in the presence of both individual and cluster tools.
Kurz, Mary E.   +3 more
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Scheduling M2M traffic over LTE uplink of a dense small cell network

open access: yesEURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2018
We present an approach to schedule Long Term Evolution (LTE) uplink (UL) Machine-to-Machine (M2M) traffic in a densely deployed heterogeneous network, over the street lights of a big boulevard for smart city applications.
Melchiorre Danilo Abrignani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metamodel Instance Generation: A systematic literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Modelling and thus metamodelling have become increasingly important in Software Engineering through the use of Model Driven Engineering. In this paper we present a systematic literature review of instance generation techniques for metamodels, i.e.
Monahan, Rosemary   +2 more
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A ROBUST OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR BLOOD SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN

open access: yesInternational Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research, 2016
The eternal need for humans' blood as a critical commodity makes the healthcare systems attempt to provide efficient blood supply chains (BSCs) by which the requirements are satisfied at the maximum level.
Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh   +2 more
doaj  

A Hybrid Method using MODM and BWM for Supplier Assessment under Uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research
The selection of a sustainable supplier is a multi-criteria decision-making issue that covers a range of criteria (quantitative-qualitative). Selecting the most eco-friendly suppliers requires balancing tangible and intangible elements that may be out of
Amin Amini   +2 more
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Smart Data and Decision Support System for Local Optimization of Electric Charging Stations

open access: yesIEEE Access
This paper introduces an innovative Decision Support System (DSS) for the local optimization of Electric Vehicles (EV) charging station placement, integrating open data with advanced operational research.
Mauro Mazzei, Cristian Michelotti
doaj   +1 more source

Resource planning for just-in-time make-to-order environments: A scalable methodology using tabu search

open access: yesCogent Engineering, 2017
This paper develops a two-phase tabu search-based methodology for detailed resource planning in make-to-order production systems with multiple resources, unique routings, and varying job due dates. In the first phase rather than attempting to construct a
Scott A. Moses, Wassama Sangplung
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A novel framework for production planning and class-based storage location assignment: Multi-criteria classification approach

open access: yesHeliyon
Efficient warehouse management is essential for optimizing inventory, minimizing transportation costs, and enhancing overall performance. This research introduces a novel Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP) model to address the Storage Location ...
Mehmet Akif Yerlikaya, Feyzan Arıkan
doaj   +1 more source

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