Research Reports from the Department of Operations
This is a collection of research reports from the Weather School of Management's Department of Operations.
Submissions from 1987
Optimal Choice and Assignment of the Best m of n Randomly Arriving Items, John G. Wilson
A C-Based Interactive FMS Decision Support Software for Capacity Planning, Layout Design, and Shop Floor Control, Chin-Yun A. Wu
Submissions from 1986
New Tools for Detecting Influential Data in Multiple Linear Regression, Chiao-Pin Bao
A Mixed Integer Programming Model for Solving Loading, Tool Configuration and Batching Problems in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Shih-Ken Chen and Jeanette S. Biermann
Minimal Resources for Fixed Job Schedules with Defferent Processor Size Requirements and a Hierarchical Structure, Venkateswara Reddy Dondeti
Resource Requirements for Scheduling with Different Processor Sizes - Part I, Venkateswara Reddy Dondeti and Hamilton Emmons
Scheduling to a Common Due Date on Parallel Uniform Processors, Hamilton Emmons
Economic Design of Attribute Control Charts in an M/G/1 Job Shop Queue, Lie-Fern Hsu and Charles S. Tapiero
A Strategic Approach Towards Evaluating Health Care Market Attractiveness, Richard Kwei
Classification of Time-Dependent Observations with Different Population Trends, Jung Jin Lee
Decision Support System for Capacity Planning and Operational Design, Mahesh Chandra Pati
Valuation of Candidate Bond-Warrant Packages, Peter H. Ritchken and Shyanjaw Kuo
A Sequential Linear Programming Approach for Solving the Linear Complementarity Problem, Syamal Roy
Development of Human Capital and Its Relationship with Economic Growth, Moon Ho Song
A Comparison of ANOVA With Marginal Chi-Square in Testing Multidimensional Categorical Data, Wanchai Tosuwan
Submissions from 1985
A Set Partitioning Approach to the Vehicle Routing Problem, Yogesh Kumar Agarwal
A Foodservice Classification and Planning Model for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities, Emmanuel Solis Escueta
Optimal Inventory and Replacement Policy with Production Dependent Equipment Deterioration, Chin-chih Ho
Multivariate Quality Control : an Hypothesis Testing and Optimization Approach to Effective Use and Measure of Performance, Joel K. Jolayemi
Improving and Expanding the Role of D-Optimality in Experimental Designs with Emphasis on Response Surfaces, Chin-Kyooh Lee
Some Generalizations and Applications of Thinning of Point Processes-Covariance Analysis, Lung-kuang Liang
On the Voids in US National Education Statistics, Arnold Reisman, Peter H. Ritchken, Bruce Pollack-Johnson, Burton V. Dean, Emmanuel Solis Escueta, and Gang Li
On Option Pricing Bounds, Peter H. Ritchken
A Taxonomy of Manpower Forecasting and Planning, Moon Ho Song and Arnold Reisman
Submissions from 1984
DISPLAN: A Multiproduct Plant/Warehouse Location Model with Nonlinear Inventory Costs, Ronald H. Ballou
The Servicing Capacity/Quality Control Problem, Jagadeesh Chandramohan, Peter H. Ritchken, and Charles S. Tapiero
A Mean-Lower Partial Moment Analysis of Hedge Portfolios, Wen-Kuei Chen
The Management of Innovative Start-Up Firms, Burton V. Dean
Project Management for Technicare HPS 1440 Software Engineering, Burton V. Dean and Atul Bhatt
Scheduling and Sequencing Algorithms, Hamilton Emmons
Duality, Finite Improvement and Efficiently Solved Problems, J. Franco, Daniel Solow, and Hamilton Emmons
On Using SOR Techniques for Solution of a Large, Sparse, Nonsymmetric System, Yvonne Gibson-Robinson
Innovative Start-Up Management, Gary Dean Lorenz
A Corporate R&D Strategic Planning and Budgeting Model, Gregory Richard Madey
A Retail Chain Multi Product Repricing Methodology, Kamlesh Mathur, Susumu Morito, Julio N. Berrettoni, and Mohan Sundaram
An Information Theoretic Forecasting Methodology, Keith Kerwin McLain
Applications of Integer Programming to Radio Frequency Management, Koichi Nishimura
Warranty Policies for Non-Repairable Items Under Risk Aversion, Peter H. Ritchken
A Stochastic Dominance Algorithm Using Piecewise Linear Approximations, Peter H. Ritchken, Yogesh Kumar Agarwal, and Alok K. Gupta
The Role of Options in Portfolio Management - Some Key Issues, Peter H. Ritchken, Gregory B. Getts, and Harvey M. Salkin
The Role of Index Options as Investments, Peter H. Ritchken, Harvey M. Salkin, and Gregory B. Getts
Contingent Claims Contracting for Purchasing Decisions in Inventory Management, Peter H. Ritchken and Charles S. Tapiero
Warranty Design Under Buyer and Seller Risk Aversion, Peter H. Ritchken and Charles S. Tapiero
A New Approach for Determining when the Linear Complementarity Problem has no Solution, Venky Venkateswaran
Optimization of an Inventory System with A Coupled Computer Simulation and Response Surface Methodology, Hsiao-chao Yuan
Submissions from 1983
A Multi-Item Multi-component Two Echelon Model for Reusable Items in a Health Care Setting, Boudjelal Boukaabar
A Long-Range Planning Model for Branch Bank Development, Sedrak Chitariance
A Strategic Planning Model for Bank Retail Outlet Development, Sedrak Chitariance and Arnold Reisman
A Network Method in the Management of Innovative Start-Ups, Burton V. Dean
Project Management Game - Implementation and Evaluation, Burton V. Dean
Scheduling Stochastic Jobs with Due Dates on Parallel Machines, Hamilton Emmons and Michael Pinedo
Principles for Evaluating and Selection of Alternative Systems, Chung-ung Lee
A Finite Improvement Algorithm for the Linear Complementarity Problem, Konstantinos Paparrizos
A Holistic View of Product Quality Assurance and Corporate Productivity, Arnold Reisman and Barbara Walker
Functional Approximation Approach to Multistate Control Problems, Prasert Shusang
Optimum Advertising, Risk Behavior and Stochastic Dynamic Sales Response, Charles S. Tapiero
Quality Control and Servicing : a Decision Framework, Charles S. Tapiero and Hau L. Lee
Optimization Methods in Hierarchical Holographic Modeling, Jacob Thadathil
Submissions from 1982
Issues in Retail Banking: A Survey Study, Sedrak Chitariance and Arnold Reisman
The Association of Individual Characteristics with Success and Failure of U.S. Army Recruiters, Frederick David Coleman
Workforce Scheduling with Cyclic Requirements and Constraints on Days off, Weekends off and Workstretch, Hamilton Emmons
Development and Implementation of a Large Scale Linear Programming Code, Taher Esshaghi-Bayat
A Critique of Linear and Nonlinear Regression Problems with Four Different Minimization Criteria, Radhakrishna Murty Gajjala
Distribution System Design: A Problem-Solving Approach, Mohammed Ali Chowdhury Hakim
A Computerized Branch and Bound Algorithm for Solving the Assembly Line Balancing Problem, Sanjeev Karande
R&D System Planning and Technology Transfer Methods in an Industrialized Developing Country, Woo-young Lee
R&D Portfolio Selection, Gregory Richard Madey
A Regionalized Goal Oriented Model for Dynamic Analysis of World Trade, Bidhu Bhusan Mohanty
Manpower Needs Forecasts for the Health Services of the United States of Mexico, Arnold Reisman, Lilia I. Duran, and Carlos Pucheu Regis
Expected Values and the Variance Covariance Structure of Returns for Portfolios Containing Options, Peter H. Ritchken, Robin Scott Symes, and Harvey M. Salkin
On Mean Variance Option Pricing Models, Peter H. Ritchken, Robin Scott Symes, and Harvey M. Salkin
Portfolio Management Techniques for the Selection of Stock/Option Positions, Robin Scott Symes
Rural Industrialization - An Analysis of Characteristics and an Approach to the Selection of Industrial Plants for Kibbutz Settlements in Israel, Dan Yaron, A. Cooper, D. Golan, and Arnold Reisman
Submissions from 1981
Design of Corporate Health Benefit Plans: A Decision Theoretic Approach, Durjoy Kumar Chaudhuri
Design of Alternative Provider Team Configurations: Experience in Both Developed and Developing Countries, Lilia I. Duran and Arnold Reisman
A Scheduling Problem in Retired Payroll Processing at the Navy Finance Center, Michele Diane Foster
Computational Study of a Network Algorithm Which Can Start with a Non-Zero Flow, Gitta Javaheri-Khoei
An Efficient Algorithm for the General Multiple-Choice Knapsak Problem (GMKP)-- Algorithm Development, Kamlesh Mathur and Susumu Morito
An Efficient Algorithm for the General Multiple-Choice Knapsack Problem (GMKP)-- Computational Results, Kamlesh Mathur, Harvey M. Salkin, and Susumu Morito
Use of Numerical Optimization Methods and Interactive Simulation to Improve the Operation of Transfer Lines, Sven Charles Milenbachs
User's Manual for Free Program to Find the Largest IM-Free Subset, Koichi Nishimura, Harvey M. Salkin, and Kamlesh Mathur
Development of Evaluation Strategies for the Communication Frequency Network, Masaaki Ohnishi
Materials Management Systems: A Means Toward Significant Hospital Cost Containment, Arnold Reisman
Research & Development and Graduate Education, Arnold Reisman
Hospital Cost Containment in Ohio: Regulation of Blue Cross, Arnold Reisman and Steven L. Petty
A Study of the Relationship Between Outpatient Queue Length and Number of Providers, Diane Lurie Sachs
A User's Guide for Software to Obtain the Largest IM-Free Subset from a Set of Frequencies (Dual Code), Harvey M. Salkin, Kamlesh Mathur, and Koichi Nishimura
A Constrained Optimization Approach to Solving Convex Equations with Applications to the Linear Complementarity and Brouwer Fixed Point Problems, Partha Sengupta
A Dynamic Resource Allocation Methodology for Large Technology-Based Organizations, Virendra Sharad Sherlekar
Computer Storage and Modification of Interpretive Structural Models, M. Venkatesan
Interpretive Structural Modeling and its Applications, M. Venkatesan
Production - Inventory with Equipment Replacement - Pier, M. Venkatesan
Submissions from 1980
Computer Simulation of a Multiple Server Queue with Scheduled and Nonscheduled Arrivals, Bruce L. Austin
Estimating and Auditing Aggregate Inventory Levels at Multiple Stocking Points, Ronald H. Ballou
Reformulating a Logistics Strategy, Ronald H. Ballou
MSVS: An Extended Computer Model for Transport Mode Selection and Vehicle Scheduling, Ronald H. Ballou and Mohammed Chowdhury
Time Series Analysis as an Approach to Short Term Forecasting of Unit Volume in a Part of the Electrical Industry, William C. Cleveland
Statistical Analysis of the Solar Energy Delphi Workshop, Burton V. Dean and Mahesh Chandra Pati
Multi-Echelon Inventory System in Health-Care Delivery Organizations, Shahriar Javad