Operations Research Center Working Papers: Recent submissions

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    • Optimal Control of Two-Station Tandem Production/Inventory System 

      Veatch, Michael H.; Wein, Lawrence M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center, 1992-02)
      A manufacturing facility consisting of two stations in tandem operates in a maketo-stock mode: after production, items are placed in a finished goods inventory that services an exogenous demand. Demand that cannot be met ...

    • Dynamic Ground-Holding Policies for a Network of Airports 

      Vranas, Peter B.; Bertsimas, Dimitris J.; Odoni, Amedeo R. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center, 1992-06)
      The yearly congestion costs in the US airline industry are estimated to be of the order of $2 billion. In [6] we have introduced and studied generic integer programming models for the static multi-airport ground holding ...

    • Scheduling a Make-To-Stock Queue: Index Policies and Hedging Points 

      Veatch, Michael H.; Wein, Lawrence M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center, 1992-09)
      A single machine produces several different classes of items in a make-to-stock mode. We consider the problem of scheduling the machine to regulate finished goods inventory, minimizing holding and backorder or holding and ...