in this article, a finite horizon, multi product and multi period economic order quantity like seasonal items is considered where demand rate is deterministic and known but variable in each period. the order quantities of items come in batch sizes and the end of the period order quantity and, consequently, demand of customers are zero. in addition, storage space is constrained and the problem ...

In particular business transactions, the supplier usually provides an admissible delay in settlement to its vendor encourage further sales. Additionally, demand for commodity is inversely proportional function of sales price, which non-linear and, some situations, a holding cost rises over time. Moreover, many goods often deteriorate consistently and shall not be sold after their expiration dat...

We study optimal nonuniform pricing in a setting where a customer's demand at the start of a billing period contains a random variable whose realization becomes known by the end of the billing period. In this context, an optional calling plan is a tariff which the consumer must select based on his/her expectations about the random variable, whereas, under a tapered tariff, the consumer's choice...

the aim of this study was to represent effective componentsin demand chain which help organizations attain high performance levelsthrough identification of these components and determining theirdegree of importance. the following questions were major ideas of thisstudy: what are the most effective components in demand chain? andhow are they effective on organizational performance? to this end,m...

Medium-term modeling of electricity market has essential role in generation expansion planning. On the other hand, uncertainties strongly affect modeling and consequently, strategic analysis of generation firms in the medium term. Therefore, models considering these uncertainties are highly required. Among uncertain variables considered in the medium term generation planning, demand and hyd...

in this paper, a robust model presented is developed for hub covering flow problem in which hubs have capacity. this problem has two objective functions converting to a single-objective problem by using weighting method. firstly, the problem will be formulated in a certain case. then, by considering the demand as a non-random variable, it will be modeled by robust optimization. finally, by usin...

We introduce a new perspective on how assumptions about preferences and demand affect firm behavior and economic performance. Our key innovation is the “Demand Manifold,” which links the elasticity and convexity of an arbitrary demand function. We show that it is a sufficient statistic for many comparative statics questions, leads naturally to some new families of demand functions, and relates ...

energy carriers including electricity play a critical role in human societies development, and as the time passes, their importance in the human socio-economic life rises. therefore, knowing electricity demand and the factors affecting on it could have an effective role in economic decision-making. while dividing electricity demand into different consuming sectors, this study uses economic vari...

Intermittent demand or ID (also known as sporadic demand) comes about when a product experiences several periods of zero demand. Often in these situations, when demand occurs it is small, and sometimes highly variable in size. ID is often experienced in industries such as aviation, automotive, defence and manufacturing; it also typically occurs with products nearing the end of their life cycle....