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International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 45, No. 1, 1 January 2007, 65–82 Development of a regression-based method with case-based tuning to solve the due date assignment problem D. Y. SHA*yz, R. L. STORCHx and C.-H. LIUy yDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30050, Republic of China zGraduate Institute of Business Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China xIndustrial Engineering Program, University of Washington, Box 352650, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2650, USA (Revision received December 2005) Many regression-based methods to date have been proposed for solving the due date assignment (DDA) problem. The advantages of regression-based DDA methods are that they are easy to both put into practice and comprehend. However, relatively little scheduling research has focused on improving the performances of regression-based DDA methods. The performance of a regression-based DDA method could be improved if its values of regression coefficients could provide a more accurate and precise flowtime estimation for each individual job. The difficulty in doing this stems from the dynamic and stochastic nature of production environment that precludes accurate estimation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to suggest a particular methodology for setting the regression coefficients to improve the performance of regression-based DDA method.