An Interactive Decision Support System for Analyzing Ship Voyage Alternatives

Raymond F. Boykin and Reuven R. Levary
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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

Interfaces, 1985, vol. 15, issue 2, 81-84

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.

Keywords: decision analysis: systems; simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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