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Differential evolution to solve the lot size problem. [PDF]

An Advanced Resource Planning model is presented to support optimal lot size decisions for performance improvement of a production system in terms of either delivery time or setup related costs. Based on a queueing network, a model is developed for a mix
Lieckens, Kris, Vandaele, Nico
core  

Real-time healthcare staffing optimization using fuzzy logic and genetic algorithm. [PDF]

Health Econ Rev
Saini B, Saini DK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Models of Queueing Systems

, 2015
The master’s thesis solves models of queueing systems, which use the property of Markov chains. The queueing system is a system, where the objects enter into this system in random moments and require the service.
Horký, Miroslav
core  

What England Is and What It Claims to Be: Orwell on National Identity

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article suggests that George Orwell's body of work offers a rather unique and insightful two‐part conception of national identity in the context of England, made up of a moral inheritance—the values of liberty, fairness and decency—and a lived sensibility—the fluid, experiential quality of collective life expressed in shared customs ...
Sam Taylor Hill
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchical Model Selection and Control for Latency-Energy Optimization in MEC-Assisted Vehicular Networks. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Song I, Kang S, Ros S, Kim S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Inverted Circuit: Attribution, Answerability, and Accountability in Canadian Health Governance

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Canada and the United States have not failed for want of accountability mechanisms in health governance. They have failed because accountability is repeatedly invoked where attribution and answerability are not already standing, so the result is the punishment of visible individuals rather than structural correction.
ALAN H. MENKIS
wiley   +1 more source

Triage effectiveness: a framework for quantifying the effect of emergency triage prioritization. [PDF]

BMC Med Res Methodol
Johansson A, Fodor V, Forberg JL, Ekwall A, Ekelund U.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

‘A Fairly Average “White Middle‐Class” Species of Lesbian’: Lorna Gulston, Ireland and the Early Anglophone Lesbian Press, 1965–1980

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the published writings of Lorna Gulston (c. 1932–2023), a hitherto unknown Northern Irish civil servant who wrote many articles for the earliest British lesbian magazines such as Arena Three, Sappho and Sequel. In doing so, the article asks: How did Gulston find her way onto the pages of these pioneering magazines?
Maurice J. Casey
wiley   +1 more source

Gaussian Process Regression for Tail Vehicle Departure Time Prediction at Signalized Intersections Using UAV Trajectory Data. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Lu K, Liu Z, Zhang R, Xia Q, Wang R.
europepmc   +1 more source