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Wellington, John F.; Lewis, Stephen A. – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2021
The simple vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a common topic of discussion in introductory operations research/management science courses. The VRP can be framed in a variety of ways, and it can be difficult to solve to optimality. For solution purposes, introductory textbooks demonstrate how Excel's Evolutionary Solver (ES) add-in produces a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety, Introductory Courses
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Coughlan, Paul; Coghlan, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
This article brings together the fields of action learning and operations strategy. It presents a case of action learning focused on strategic operations improvement in the extended manufacturing enterprise. As the third article in the set of explorations in this journal within the fields of action learning, operations strategy and collaborative…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Problem Solving, Puzzles, Operations Research