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Uniform accounting system for state-owned enterprises: The case of Taiwan
This article describes the uniform accounting system adopted by government enterprises in Taiwan. Several key elements of the system including the uniform chart of accounts, uniform accounting procedures, and ...
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Book review
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Application of Computer Simulation to Freight Transport Systems
Selecting an appropriate simulation-model structure for complicated, large-scale transport systems is a non-trivial and challenging task. This paper reports practical research which evaluates a number of alter...
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Effects of Centralization on Expected Costs in a Multi-location Newsboy Problem
This is a single-period, single-product inventory model with several individual sources of demand. It is a multi-location problem with an opportunity for centralization. The holding and penalty cost functions ...
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An Example of Disbenefits of Centralized Stocking
This paper deals with a single-period, single-product inventory model. It is a multilocation problem with an opportunity for centralization. In the centralized system, the location's demands are satisfied from...
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Combinatorial optimization by stochastic automata
The significance of combinatorial optimization for many important applications is well understood. The simulated annealing algorithm (which we will denote from here on as SA) has generated great interest and a...
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Centralized versus Decentralized Manpower Resource Planning: the Case of a Hong Kong Company
This paper considers the problem of planning effective servicing support of a Hong Kong-based company by providing sufficient technicians to repair/service copier machines at numerous customer sites throughout...
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On the Effect of Centralization on Expected Costs in a Multi-Location Newsboy Problem
This paper deals with a single-period, single-product inventory model with several individual sources of demand. It is a multi-location problem with an opportunity for centralization. Two types of inventory sy...
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Cyclic Schedule for Apron Services
This paper presents the underlying ideas and methodology of constructing a cyclic duty line to meet economically the daily staffing requirements for apron crews. The focus is on the formulation of basic patter...
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An object-oriented architecture for knowledge-based production scheduling systems
This paper describes an object-oriented architecture to support decision making in production scheduling environments. An object-oriented world view is used to integrate concepts from discrete event simulation...
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A Manpower Allocation Model of Job Specialization
A major copier machine company in Hong Kong presently faces the problem of providing effective servicing and repairing support to its four service regions. Due to the shortage of skilled technicians and the va...
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Cohort Analysis Technique for Long-Term Manpower Planning: the Case of a Hong Kong Tertiary Institution
This paper considers the problem of long-term manpower planning on the number of teaching staff for the case of a tertiary institution—the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong (CPHK). Due to the high turnover experie...
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An investigation of expert systems for die design
This article introduces fuzzy set theory to process the design details of the uncertain portion in die design, and assist the designer to transform those design items with fuzziness into those with definite an...
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Global Optimization for Mixed 0-1 Programs with Convex or Separable Continuous Functions
This paper proposes a global approach for solving mixed 0-1 programming problems containing convex or separable continuous functions. Given a mixed 0-1 polynomial term z = x1 x2, ... x n ...
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Queueing Models for Optimizing System Availability of a Flexible Manufacturing System
This research investigates two maintenance float models in a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). We use classical queueing theory to study the characteristics of the fractional utilization of the system. A ma...
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PROCASE: a case-based process planning system for machining of rotational parts
This paper introduces a case-based process planning system PROCASE which generates new process routines through learning from existing process routines. In contrast to traditional rule-based systems, the proce...
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Link capacity allocation by input power spectrum
Consider a multimedia input traffic stream, described by a stationary random process. Our previous study indicates that second-order input statistics, which are described by a power spectrum in the frequency d...
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Automatic generation of a fuzzy rule base for constant turning force
An automatic fuzzy rule base generation method is proposed to control nonlinear and timevarying turning processes with constant cutting forces. Based on this study, the optimum fuzzy rule base for the control ...
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Selection of sheet metal bending machines by the PRISM-inductive learning method
In this paper, a selection system of sheet metal bending machines is established. Machine specifications such as pressure capacity and bending length have to be considered in the selection in order to reach th...
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Self-subrating for voice/data in PCS
Bellcore Personal Access Communications System (PACS) provides the feature of using a single time-slot for two independent calls by the same user. This feature allows a simultaneous voice and data call from a ...
