Professor Stephen C. Graves' Papers

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	Creating an Inventory Hedge for Markov-Modulated Poisson Demand: Application and Model, with H. S. Abhyankar, January 2000.
	"Manufacturing Planning and Control," November 1999.
	Optimizing Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains, with S. Willems, April 1999.
	Optimizing Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains, with S. Willems, August 1998, long version.
	A Single-Item Inventory Model for a Non-Stationary Demand Process, January 1997, revised February 1998, July 1998.
	Reducing Flow Time in Aircraft Manufacturing, with J.S. Chao, January 1997.
	Optimizing Monsanto's Supply Chain Under Uncertain Demand, with C. Gutierrez, M. Pulwer, H. Sidhu, and G. Weihs, October 1996.
	Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains, with S. Willems, June 1996.

The remainder is a selected bibliography of publications and works.

Publications

Papers

1. "Optimal Storage Assignment in Automatic Warehousing Systems," (with W.H. Hausman and L.B. Schwarz), Management Science, February 1976, Vol. 22, 629-638.

2. "Single Cycle Continuous Review Policies for Arborescent Production/Inventory Systems," (with L.B. Schwarz), Management Science, January 1977, Vol. 23, 529-540.

3. "Storage-Retrieval Interleaving in Automatic Warehousing Systems." (with W.H. Hausman and L.B. Schwarz), Management Science, May 1977, Vol. 23, 935-945.

4. "Scheduling Policies for Automatic Warehousing Systems: Simulation Results," (with W.H. Hausman and L.B. Schwarz), AIIE Transactions, September 1978, Vol. 10, 260-270.

5. "A Methodology for Studying the Dynamics of Extended Logistics Systems," (with J. Keilson), Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, July 1979, Vol. 26, 169-197.

6. "A Mathematical Programming Procedure for Equipment Selection and System Evaluation in Programmable Assembly," (with D.E. Whitney), Proceedings of the 18th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 1979 (invited paper, not refereed), 531-536.

7. "The Multi-Product Production Cycling Problem," AIIE Transactions, September 1980, Vol. 12, 233-240.

8. "Production/Inventory Systems with a Stochastic Production Rate Under a Continuous Review Policy," (with B. Gavish), Computers and Operations Research, 1981, Vol. 8, 169-183.

9. "Multistage Lot-Sizing: An Iterative Procedure," in TIMS Studies in Management Science, Multi-Level Production/Inventory Systems: Theory and Practice, edited by L.B. Schwarz, 1981, Vol. 16, 95-109.

10. "The Compensation Method Applied to a One-Product Production Inventory Model," (with J. Keilson), Mathematics of Operations Research, May 1981, Vol. 6, 246-262.

11. "A Review of Production Scheduling," Operations Research, July-August 1981, Vol. 29, 646-675.

12. "Problem Formulations and Numerical Analysis in Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization," (with J.F. Shapiro), in Mathematical Programming with Data Perturbations I, edited by A.V. Fiacco, 1982, 131-148.

13. "Using Lagrangean Techniques to Solve Hierarchical Production Planning Problems," Management Science, March 1982, Vol. 28, 260-275.

14. "The Application of Queueing Theory to Continuous Perishable Inventory Systems," Management Science, April 1982, Vol. 28, 400-406.

15. "System Balance for Extended Logistic Systems," (with J. Keilson), Operations Research, March-April 1983, Vol. 31, 234-252.

16. "An Integer Programming Procedure for Assembly System Design Problem," (with B. Lamar),Operations Research, May-June 1983, Vol. 31, 522-545.

17. "Scheduling of Re-entrant Flow Shops," (with H.C. Meal, D. Stefek, and A.H. Zeghmi), Journal of Operations Management, August 1983, Vol. 3, 197-207.

18. "A Simple Stochastic Model for Facility Planning in a Mental Health Care System," (with H.S. Leff, J. Natkins, and M. Senger), Interfaces, October 1983, Vol. 13, 101-110.

19. "Deep-Draft Dredging of U.S. Coal Ports: A Cost-Benefit Analysis," (with M. Horwitch and E.H. Bowman), Policy Sciences, Vol. 17, 1984.

20. "A Study of Production Smoothing in a Job Shop Environment," (with A.B. Cruickshanks and R.D. Drescher), Management Science, March 1984, Vol. 30, 368-380.

21. "A Minimum Concave-Cost Dynamic Network Flow Problem with an Application to Lot-Sizing," (with J.B. Orlin), Networks, Vol. 15, 1985.

22. Description and Field Test of a Mental Health System Resource Allocation Model," (with H.S. Leff, J. Natkins, and J. Bryan), Administration in Mental Health, Fall 1985, Vol. 13, 43-68.

23. "Continuous-Review Policies for a Multi-Echelon Inventory Problem with Stochastic Demand," (with M. DeBodt), Management Science, October 1985, Vol. 31, 1286-1299.

24. "A Multi-Echelon Inventory Model for a Repairable Item with One-for-One Replenishment," Management Science, October 1985, Vol. 31, 1247-1256.

25. "An LP Planning Model for a Mental Health Community Support System," (with H.S. Leff and M. Dada), Management Science, February 1986, Vol. 32, 139-155.

26. "Overlapping Operations in Material Requirements Planning," (with M.M. Kostreva) Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 6, No. 3, May 1986, 283-294.

27. "Two-Stage Production Planning in a Dynamic Environment," (with H.C. Meal, S. Dasu, Y. Qiu), in Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Multi-Stage Production Planning and Inventory Control, edited by S. Axsater, Ch. Schneeweiss, and E. Silver, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986, Vol. 266, 9-43.

28. "A Tactical Planning Model for a Job Shop," Operations Research, July-August 1986, Vol. 34, 522-533.

29. "Equipment Selection and Task Assignment for Multiproduct Assembly System Design," (with C.A. Holmes Redfield) International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, 1988, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 31-50.

30. "Safety Stocks in Manufacturing Systems," Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management, 1988, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 67-101.

31. "Determining the Spares and Staffing Level for a Repair Depot," Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management, 1988, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 227-241.

32. "Extensions to a Tactical Planning Model for a Job Shop," Proceedings of the 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, December 1988, pp. 1850-1855. Also Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. Working Paper No. 20-9688.

33. "A Composite Algorithm for the Concave-Cost Network Flow Problem," (with A. Balakrishnan) Networks, Vol. 19, 1989, pp. 175-202.

34. "A Tactical Planning Model for Manufacturing Subcomponents of Mainframe Computers," (with C. Fine), Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management., 1989, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 4-34.

35. "A Model for the Configuration of Incoming WATS Lines," (with R. H. Blake and P. C. Santos), Queueing Systems, 1990, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 3-21.

36. Handbook in Operations Research and Management Science, Volume 4: Logistics of Production and Inventory, edited by S. C. Graves, A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan and P. H. Zipkin, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1993.

37. "Principles on the Benefits of Manufacturing Process Flexibility," (with W. C. Jordan), Management Science, April 1995, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 577 - 594.

38. "A Multi-Echelon Inventory Model with Fixed Replenishment Intervals," Management Science, Vol. 42, No. 1, (January 1996) pp. 1-18.

39. "Using Simulated Annealing to Select Least-Cost Assembly Sequences," (with J. M. Milner and D. E. Whitney), Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 1994.

40. "Spatial Yield Modeling for Semiconductor Wafers," (with A. I. Mirza, G. O' Donoghue, and A. W. Drake), Proceedings of IEEE/SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference, November 1995.

41. "Cyclic Scheduling in a Stochastic Environment," (with H. Zhang),Operations Research, November-December 1997, Vol. 45, 894-903.

42. "A Dynamic Model for Requirements Planning with Application to Supply Chain Optimization," (with D. B. Kletter and W. B. Hetzel) Operations Research, May-June 1998, Vol. 46, Supp. No. 3, pp. S35-S49.

43. "Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains," (with S. Willems) Proceedings of the 1996 MSOM Conference, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, June 1996, pp. 299 - 304.

44. "Optimizing Monsanto's Supply Chain under Uncertain Demand," (with C. Gutierrez, M. Pulwer, H. Sidhu and G. Weihs), Annual Conference Proceedings - Council of Logistics Management, Orlando FL, October 1996, pp. 501-516.

45. "OMAC: A System for Operations Modeling and Analysis," (with K. N. McKay and D. B. Kletter), Annals of OR, Vol. 72, 1997, pp. 241-264.

46. "Reducing Flow Time in Aircraft Manufacturing," (with Jackson Chao), Production and Operations Management, Spring 1998, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 38-52.

47. "A Single-Item Inventory Model for a Non-Stationary Demand Process," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 1999, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 50-61.

48. "Optimizing Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains," (with S. P. Willems), working paper, January 1998, revised August 1998, December 1998, April 1999, to appear in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 39 pp.

49. "Manufacturing Planning and Control," working paper, November 1999, to appear in Handbook of Applied Optimization, edited by P. Pardalos and M. Resende, 26 pp.

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Refereed Notes

N1. "A Note on 'Critical Ratio Scheduling: An Experimental Analysis'," Management Science, August 1977, Vol. 23, 1358-1359.

N2. "On 'Production Runs for Multiple Products: The Two-Product Heuristic'," (with R.W. Haessler), Management Science, July 1978, Vol. 24, 1194-1196.

N3. "A Note on the Deterministic Demand Multi-Product Single-Machine Lot Scheduling Problem," Management Science, March 1979, Vol. 25, 276-280.

N4. "An n-Constraint Formulation of the (Time Dependent) Traveling Salesman Problem," (with K.R. Fox and B. Gavish), Operations Research, July-August 1980, Vol. 28, 1018-1021.

N5. "A One-Product Production/Inventory Problem with Continuous Review Policy," (with B. Gavish), Operations Research, September-October 1980, Vol. 28, 1228-1236.

N6. "A Multiple-Item Inventory Model with a Job Completion Criterion," Management Science, November 1982, Vol. 28, 1134-1137.

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Working Papers and Technical Reports

W1. "The Travelling Salesman Problem and Related Problems," (with B. Gavish), Operations Research Center, M.I.T., Working Paper No. 078-78, July 1978, revised and retitled, March 1981.

W2. "A Research Agenda for Models to Plan and Schedule Manufacturing Systems," (with C. Abraham, B. Dietrich, W. Maxwell, and C. Yano), Sloan School of Management, M.I.T., Working Paper No. 1689-85, revised July 1985.

W3. "Principles on the Benefits of Manufacturing Process Flexibility," (with W. C. Jordan), Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. Working Paper No. 3296-91-MSA, May 1991 (GM Research Laboratories Research Publication GMR-7310).

W4. "An Analytic Approach for Demonstrating the Benefits of Limited Flexibility," (with W. C. Jordan), Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. Working Paper No. 3297-91-MSA, May 1991 (GM Research Laboratories Research Publication GMR-7341).

W5. "Creating an Inventory Hedge for Markov-Modulated Poisson Demand: Application and Model," (with H. S. Abhyankar), working paper, January 2000, 45 pp.

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