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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Logistics Planning"”.
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A technical demonstration of a map based logistics planning tool
… military response will be required. Military planning systems (for example, logistics, counter logistics, protection of infrastructure, and infrastructure restoration) must be flexible enough to allow rapid response to situations whose details can not be anticipated. These advanced systems …
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Contingency munitions logistics planning and control : a framework for analysis
The importance of efficient logistics operations in military applications was made clear by the lessons of the Persian Gulf War. Although force application against Iraqi forces was deemed an overwhelming success, a lack of planning capability and real-time visibility over deploying cargo led to …
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Freight demand modeling and logistics planning for assessment of freight systems' environmental impacts
… freight movements, various network modeling and logistics systems optimization methodologies are applied to address a large-scale freight delivery problem in the U.S. freight zones and an individual truck routing problem on stochastic congested roadway networks. Following the four-step freight …
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Optimization-based Logistics Planning and Performance Measurement for Hospital Evacuation and Emergency Management
… of optimization models for hospital evacuation logistics, as well as the analyses of various resource management strategies in terms of the equity of evacuation plans generated. We first formulate the evacuation transportation problem of a hospital as an integer programming model that minimizes …
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Optimizing site layout and material logistics planning during the construction of critical infrastructure projects
Planning the site layout of construction projects is a crucial task that has a significant impact on construction cost, productivity, and safety. It involves the positioning and dynamic relocation of temporary facilities that are needed to support various construction activities on site such as …
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Production process model based on lean manufacturing, TPM and SLP to increase the service level in companies in the textile sector
… Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Simplified Logistics Planning (SLP) becomes a proposal for improvement for the optimization of companies' production processes. This paper will examine in detail the application of this improvement proposal through a case study and the impact that these models …
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Applying human-machine interaction design principles to retrofit existing automated freight planning systems
… in the retail space, have cast focus on logistics execution as a potential major competitive advantage. In this context, we considered the conceptual question of how best to iteratively improve a logistics planning system, which is composed of both human and machine actors, to reduce …
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Integrated Scheduling and Material Handling: Theory and Applications in Manufacturing Systems
… methods for integrated production and internal logistics planning in modern manufacturing systems.
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Integrated modeling and simulation of lunar exploration campaign logistics
… lunar surface, it is essential to consider the logistics of both the construction and operation of this outpost. This thesis presents an interplanetary supply chain management and logistics planning and simulation software tool, SpaceNet, developed to assist mission architects, planners, systems …
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Space logistics network optimization with embedded propulsion technology selection
… challenging due to the coupling of logistics network design and space transportation costs. Specifically, conventional space logistics planning methods are unable to account for the use of low-thrust vehicles for transportation due to the inherent nonlinear nature of associated …
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Relational envelope-based planning
… take advantage of logical structure to speed up planning in a principled way? And, how can probability inform the production of a more robust, yet still compact, policy? We can take as inspiration a mobile robot acting in the world: it is faced with a varied amount of sensory data and uncertainty …
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Development of offshore wind operational expenditure model and investigation of optimum operation and maintenance fleet
… capacity improves constantly, advanced logistics planning of O&M activities, which supports the developers in achieving reduced downtime, optimised availability and maximised revenue, has gained vital importance. In order to sustain the competitiveness of the offshore wind industry …
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Artificial Intelligence for System Medicine: Methods and Applications
… range from oncology, trauma, cardiovascular, and logistics planning. In Part 3, we aim to develop models that can most accurately learn the outcome. We show that predictive methods across different machine learning methodologies, including deep neural networks for computer vision tasks, tree-based …
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Strategic Planning Models and Approaches to Improve Distribution Planning in the Industrial Gas Industry
The industrial gas industry represents a multi-billion dollar global market and provides essential product to manufacturing and service organizations that drive the global economy. In this dissertation, we focus on improving distribution efficiency in the industrial gas industry by addressing the …
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Systems informatics and analysis for optimization of biomass feedstock provision
… feedstock provision. BioScope model, a strategic planning model, was developed to optimize long-term decisions, such as facility numbers, locations, capacities, and biomass distribution patterns, for a three-stage biomass-biofuel production system. The model was implemented to evaluate Illinois …
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Logística verde en Fontibón: estrategia de rutas sostenibles para Servientrega
Este proyecto propone el diseño de una estrategia de planificación logística sostenible para las operaciones de Servientrega en la localidad de Fontibón, Bogotá, enfocada en la optimización de rutas de última milla mediante un modelo Green Vehicle Routing Problem (Green VRP), la investigación surge …