This paper describes an agent-based platform for the allocation of loads in distributed transportation logistics, developed as a collaboration between CWI, Dutch National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam and Vos Logistics Organizing, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The platform follows a real business scenario proposed by Vos, and it involves a set of agents bidding for transpo...

Multi-echelon distribution systems are quite common in supply-chain and logistic management. They are used by public administrations in their transportation and traffic planning strategies as well as by companies to model their distribution systems. In the literature, most studies address issues related to the movement of flows throughout the system from the origins to their final destinations....

Population in cities is increasing very rapidly and hence demand of utility commodities is also increasing day by day. There is a need for the fleets of vehicles to deliver goods and material from distribution centres to local consumer locations within optimal travel distance and time. In this study, the above transportation problem have been tackled by solving the vehicle routing problem for t...

This paper describes an agent-based platform for the allocation of loads in distributed transportation logistics, developed as a collaboration between CWI, Dutch National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam and Vos Logistics Organizing, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The platform follows a real business scenario proposed by Vos, and it involves a set of agents bidding for transpo...

This paper studies the distribution of emergency relief for electric vehicles (EVs), which considers energy saving, multi-depot, and vehicle routing problems with time windows, named saving-oriented multi-depot problem windows (ESMDVRPTW). Our aim is to find routes EVs such that all shelter demands are fulfilled during their total cost traveled by fleet minimized. To this end, we formulate ESMD...

Scientific support depot location and reasonable spare parts transportation are the keys to improving level of complex systems. The current equipment system has problems chaotic warehouse layout low efficiency parts. reliability completeness parts’ historical data hard believe. In order deal with cognitive uncertainty caused by asymmetry data, this paper adopts theory optimize volume. Under con...

OBJECTIVES To compare the pharmacodynamics and tolerability of the new goserelin acetate 10.8-mg depot with the 3.6-mg depot in patients with advanced prostate cancer during the first 3 months of therapy. METHODS One hundred sixty patients were randomized in two comparative studies to receive either the 10.8-mg goserelin acetate depot every 12 weeks or the 3.6-mg goserelin acetate depot every...

Long-acting depot antipsychotics were developed specifically to promote treatment adherence (compliance) and they are a valuable option for patients requiring maintenance medication for schizophrenia. Depot use has fallen in recent years, perhaps owing to the introduction of oral atypical antipsychotics. Psychiatrist and patient acceptance of depot medication is variable. The depot formulation ...

long protocol of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-analougue (gnrh-a) can result in the formation of ovarian cyst by the transient initial stimulatory effect which increases the levels of both follicle-stimulating hormone (fsh) and luteinizing hormone (lh). these cysts require surgical drainage or result in poor ovarian response. ovarian cyst formation can be prevented by taking oral contraceptive...

In this paper, we seek to analyse specific types of bilateral electronic communication processes, namely such processes where there is a distinction between individual goals of the communicating parties and their joint goals. We argue that there exists a distinction between successful and unsuccessful processes. This distinction is manifest in the communication patterns used by the participants...