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An Interactive Decision Support System for Analyzing Ship Voyage Alternatives

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  • Raymond F. Boykin

    (Monsanto-World Headquarters, 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63167)

  • Reuven R. Levary

    (Operations Research Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 and Department of Management Sciences, Saint Louis University, and St. Louis, Missouri 63108)

Abstract

An interactive DSS designed to simulate ship voyage alternatives was used to schedule a ship for Monsanto, where several different voyage alternatives needed to be evaluated periodically. The DSS saves an estimated $20,000 per year.

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  • Raymond F. Boykin & Reuven R. Levary, 1985. "An Interactive Decision Support System for Analyzing Ship Voyage Alternatives," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 15(2), pages 81-84, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:15:y:1985:i:2:p:81-84
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.15.2.81
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    4. Tan Miller & Emmanuel Peters & Vijay Gupta & Oduntan Bode, 2013. "A logistics deployment decision support system at Pfizer," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 203(1), pages 81-99, March.

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    decision analysis: systems; simulation;

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