We discuss the performance of scheduling algorithms for a certain kind of manufacturing environment, called the "Flexible Flowshop", which consists of a cert...

This paper deals with efficient computation of a certain type of Nash-Cournot equilibria in multi-stage oligopolies. The generic structure analyzed herein r...

We consider an oligopolistic industry extracting a non-renewable resource sold in a competitive market. We show, first, that if all players, but one, have i...

Part-orienting systems are employed in many manufacturing environments to feed work parts in correct orientation for proper operations. A part-orienting sys...

We present an algorithm that solve the problem of finding the best vehicle time schedule (minimizing total inconveniences) for a fixed path, knowing that vis...

This paper deals with a stochastic optimal control problem where the randomness is essentially concentrated in the stopping time terminating the process. If...

An experimental computer system for globally optimal design, called BAGOP, is discussed. This new tool uses the computer alebra system MACSYMA to implement ...

Many problems of globally optimal design have been solved in the literature using monotonicity analysis and a variety of tests applied in an ad hoc way. The...

Part-orienting systems are employed in many manufacturing environments to feed work parts in correct orientation for proper operations. A part-orienting sys...

Many problems of globally optimal design have been solved by using monotonicity analysis. New monotonicity principles are obtained by exploiting non strict ...

Scheduling methods are proposed for a class of flexible manufacturing systems consisting of machine centers served by a cyclic conveyor. The minimization of...

Ordered sequential algorithms for the global minimization of univariate functions over an interval proceed by evaluating this function at successive points c...

The production scheduling problem considered in this paper is related to the planning of operations of a flexible manufacturing cell composed of a punch pres...

Consider N entities to be classified, and a matrix of diffimilarities between pairs of them. The split of a cluster is the smallest dissimilarity between an...

We consider a queue-like job shop in which a single resource (such as an operator, a robot, etc.) loads jobs onto machines. Jobs arrive at a station at know...

We propose a measure of the reliability of a telecommunication network based on the expected value of the lost call traffic due to failures in the network. ...

This paper describes a family of stochastic location-routing problems which consist of simultaneously locating a depot among a set of potential sites, of det...

In the class of piecewise deterministic systems such as presented by Richel [1975b], [1975c], one considers continuous-time systems disturbed by a jump proce...

A decomposition method is proposed for minimizing quadratic pseudoboolean functions. The result is: minimum of <i>f</i> = &#x2211;^p<sub><i>i</i>=...

Nous analysons dans cette thèse le marché européen du gaz naturel et les échanges d'électricité entre réseaux interconnectés dans le cadre de la théorie des ...