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operational research

the application of mathematical and statistical techniques to industrial processes as a means of establishing optimal operating procedures and systems. Such techniques as LINEAR PROGRAMMING, NETWORK ANALYSIS, computer-based SIMULATION techniques, COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN and STOCKHOLDING MODELS can be used in various areas of a firm's operations to establish cost-effective and efficient working practices.
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Operational research has provided detailed information on the clinical signs and symptoms of infected patients arriving at ETCs (2-6), which has allowed health professionals to anticipate what they should look for when assessing patients.
Operational research during the Ebola emergency
Quintanilla, "Justification and RCPSP: A technique that pays," European Journal of Operational Research, vol.
Towards Merging Binary Integer Programming Techniques with Genetic Algorithms
Al-Dajani, "Analysis of deteriorating inventory/production systems using a linear quadratic regulator," European Journal of Operational Research, vol.
Economic Order Quality Model for Determining the Sales Prices of Fresh Goods at Various Points in Time
Roberti, "Recent exact algorithms for solving the vehicle routing problem under capacity and time window constraints," European Journal of Operational Research, vol.
Analysis of an Automated Vehicle Routing Problem in Logistics considering Path Interruption
Maroto, "A comprehensive review and evaluation of permutation flowshop heuristics," European Journal of Operational Research, vol.
Synergy of Genetic Algorithm with Extensive Neighborhood Search for the Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problem
The Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative for public health programmes.
Operational research to strengthen tuberculosis control in the Americas
Estimating most productive scale size using data envelopment analysis" Journal of Operational Research 17(1): 3544(1984).
INTERVAL LEFT AND RIGHT RETURNS TO SCALES
British education researchers help higher education managers explore new angles for addressing some of their many difficult problems through the use of approaches associated with operational research and systems disciplines.
Higher education management and operational research; demonstrating new practices and metaphors
Rajendran, H Ziegler, "An Efficient Heuristic for Scheduling in a Flow-Shop to Minimize Total Weighted Flow time of Jobs", European Journal of Operational Research 103, pp 129-138, 1997.
Solucion del problema de flow shop flexible aplicando el Algoritmo Genetico de Chu-Beasley
Wright, "Train plan model for British rail freight services through the channel tunnel, " The Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol.
A heuristic approach based on Clarke-Wright algorithm for open vehicle routing problem
MSF has supported ART and pre-ART in resource-limited settings over the past decade, including the piloting of innovative models of ART delivery and their evaluation through operational research.
Community ART delivery
The Science of Bombing: Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command.
The Science of Bombing: Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command

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