Search Results - "McGinnis, Leon F."

Research on warehouse design and performance evaluation: A comprehensive review by Gu, Jinxiang, Goetschalckx, Marc, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…This paper presents a detailed survey of the research on warehouse design, performance evaluation, practical case studies, and computational support tools…”
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Research on warehouse operation: A comprehensive review by Gu, Jinxiang, Goetschalckx, Marc, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…An extensive review on warehouse operation planning problems is presented. The problems are classified according to the basic warehouse functions, i.e.,…”
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Survey and classification of operational control problems in discrete event logistics systems (DELS) by Sprock, Timothy, Bock, Conrad, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…This paper reviews and classifies literature on operational control of discrete event logistics systems (DELS). Operational control manipulates the flow of…”
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A hierarchical approach to warehouse design by Sprock, Timothy, Murrenhoff, Anike, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…The design of large complex systems, such as warehouses, requires multiple experts and analyses as well as methods to organise and integrate their knowledge…”
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Verifying SysML activity diagrams using formal transformation to Petri nets by Huang, Edward, McGinnis, Leon F., Mitchell, Steven W.

“…The development of contemporary systems is an extremely complex process. One approach to modeling system behavior uses activity diagrams from Unified Modeling…”
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Optimising part feeding in the automotive assembly industry: deciding between kitting and line stocking by Limère, Veronique, Landeghem, Hendrik Van, Goetschalckx, Marc, Aghezzaf, El-Houssaine, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…In a synchronous and fast-paced assembly line operation, it is crucial that the right parts are being supplied at the right time and at the right place. In…”
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Outlier detection in two-stage semiparametric DEA models by Johnson, Andrew L., McGinnis, Leon F.

“…In the use of peer group data to assess individual, typical or best practice performance, the effective detection of outliers is critical for achieving useful…”
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A survey of challenges in modelling and decision-making for discrete event logistics systems by Mönch, Lars, Lendermann, Peter, McGinnis, Leon F., Schirrmann, Arnd

“…In this paper, we consider discrete event logistics systems (DELS). DELS are networks of resources through which material flow. They have been the subject of a…”
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Analytical approach to estimating AMHS performance in 300 mm fabs by Nazzal, Dima, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…Contemporary simulation technology can produce accurate assessments of integrated circuit factory (fab) production performance, including the contribution by…”
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A simulation optimization framework for discrete event logistics systems (DELS) by Sprock, Timothy, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…For large-scale, complex systems, both simulation and optimization methods are needed to support system design and operational decision making. Integrating the…”
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On fidelity and model selection for discrete event simulation by Kim, Hansoo, McGinnis, Leon F, Zhou, Chen

“…In simulation, perhaps the most common use of the term ‘fidelity’ refers to the faithfulness with which model behavior reflects modeled system behavior. While…”
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Reconciling ratio analysis and DEA as performance assessment tools by Chen, Wen-Chih, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…The assessment of operational performance remains a fundamental challenge both in practice and in theory. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is one method…”
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Large-scale Internet benchmarking: Technology and application in warehousing operations by Johnson, Andy, Chen, Wen-Chih, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…Effective benchmarking requires standards for measuring performance across a broad range of organizations. Industry-benchmarking measures the relative…”
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Life after the PhD: What I wish I had known sooner by McGinnis, Leon F

“…For most who do it, completing the PhD is the hardest thing they've ever done. There is a tendency to think that life will only get easier afterwards. The…”
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Picker travel time model for an order picking system with buffers by Khachatryan, Margarit, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…This article addresses a new class of picker-to-goods order picking systems, in which item retrieval is decoupled from order assembly by a pick-to-buffer…”
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An Analysis-Agnostic System Model of the Intel Minifab by McGinnis, Leon F.

“…What if, instead of trying to model production systems using a simulation language, we first formally specified them by creating an analysis-agnostic system…”
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History and perspective of simulation in manufacturing by McGinnis, Leon F., Rose, Oliver

“…Manufacturing systems incorporate many semi-independent, yet strongly interacting processes, usually exhibiting some stochastic behavior. As a consequence,…”
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Throughput performance analysis for closed-loop vehicle-based material handling systems by Nazzal, Dima, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…A computationally effective analysis of the throughput performance of a closed-loop multi-vehicle automated material handling system (AMHS) used in highly…”
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Performance evaluation for general queueing networks in manufacturing systems: Characterizing the trade-off between queue time and utilization by Wu, Kan, McGinnis, Leon

“…► Accurate queue time approximation for production systems. ► Quantifying the trade-off between queue time and utilization reliably. ► Decomposing system queue…”
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Simulation optimization in Discrete Event Logistics Systems: The challenge of operational control by Sprock, Timothy, McGinnis, Leon F.

“…Simulation optimization tools have the potential to provide an unprecedented level of support for the design and execution of operational control in Discrete…”
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