Craft in Operations Research

Microhematuria Associated with a Special Operations Craft Mission

Microhematuria is a common consequence of high-impact exercise such as running and jumping. In order to determine whether or not a similar hematuria accompanies mechanical shock exposure associated with small boat operations in the open ocean, urinary variables were measured in two boat crews (total N = 12) during a 2-day Mk V Special Operations Craft transit down the eastern coast of the Unite...

The Cray Research CRAFT-90 Programming Model

In their current Fortran product CF77TM, Cray Research, Inc. has defined a Fortran based programming model for the Cray T3DTM system that allows programmers to specify both data sharing and work sharing. Analysis of this programming model identifies key language features to be retained and others that should be eliminated. Because future Fortran programming directions are based on CF90TM, this ...

Operations research in BASF's supply chain operations

In this article we highlight the application of Operations Research (OR) at BASF in the area of supply chain management (SCM) through the use of selected examples with annual cost savings ranging between several hundred thousand and several million e. We address special characteristics of the process industry that have to be dealt with and identify future research needs. The examples cover stra...

Operations Research Transforms Baosteel's Operations

Forthcoming in Operations Research

Methods for selecting a research and development (R&D) project portfolio have attracted considerable interest among practitioners and academics. This notwithstanding, the industrial uptake of these methods has remained limited, partly due to the difficulties of capturing relevant concerns in R&D portfolio management. Motivated by these difficulties, we develop Contingent Portfolio Programming (...