Nonlinear Thurstone Scaling via SVD and Gower Plots

Stan Lipovetsky, W. Michael Conklin 

slipovetsky@Gfkcustomresearch.com, mconklin@Gfkcustomresearch.com

Analyses of Serial Production Line Systems for Interdeparture Time Variability and WIP Inventory Systems

Erdal Erel, Ihsan Sabuncuoglu, Gurhan A. Kok

sabun@bilkent.edu.tr, erel@bilkent.edu.tr, gurhan.kok@duke.edu

Scheduling Multiple Parts in Two-Machine Dual-Gripper Robot Cells: Heuristic Algorithm and Performance Guarantee

Inna Drobouchevitch, Suresh P.  Sethi, Jeffrey B. Sidney, Chelliah Sriskandarajah

innadro@hotmail.com, sethi@utdallas.edu, sidney@admin.uottawa.ca,

chelliah@utdallas.edu

A Robust Optimization Model for Dynamic Empty Container Allocation Problems in an

Uncertain Environment

Stephen C. H. Leung, Yue Wu

mssleung@cityu.edu.hk, Y.Wu@soton.ac.uk

Delineating and Analysing Trade Areas Through Filtering and Convolution                                          

Jerome Baray, Gerard Cliquet

jbaray@noos.fr, gerard.cliquet@univ-rennes1.fr