...Vala Ali Rohani; Jahan Ara Peerally; Sedigheh Moghavvemi; Flavio Guerreiro; Tiago Pinho Purpose This study illustrates the experience of scholar–practitioner collaboration for data-driven decision-making through the problematic of optimizing facility locations and minimizing logistics costs for La...

...Ashok Sarkar; Arup Ranjan Mukhopadhyay; Sadhan Kumar Ghosh Purpose – Practitioners often face challenges in model development when establishing a relationship between the input and output variables and their optimization and control. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate, with the help...

... of retaining a metal ring in a plastic body in a braking system. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Optimization Taguchi methods Design of experiments United Kingdom Of key importance in any step towards improvement in operation and efficiency is the move from a reactive approach to a proactive...