We consider the problem of outsourcing warranty repairs to outside vendors when items have priorities in service. The manufacturer has a contract with a fixed number of repair vendors. The manufacturer pays a fixed fee for each repair done by a vendor which is independent of the repair type and priority class but depends on the vendor. There are a fixed number of items under warranty, and each ...

In this paper, the reliability allocation and index of overall cost rotary ultrasonic vibration-assisted EDM machine tool were studied. The failure rate each module can be accurately predicted by maximum entropy ordered weighted average algorithm so that corrected maintenance predicted. And effective control preventive costs achieved selecting best times under premise reliability. corrective re...

During the microgrid search process, optimal allocation and economic dispatch are very important and are interrelated, having interaction and mutual checks. In this paper, we adopt a bilevel planning method to search for the multi-objective optimal allocation of a microgrid, considering economic dispatch. The upper level is the optimal allocation, which aims at minimizing the daily fixed cost o...

OBJECTIVE To develop a resource allocation model to optimize health departments' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded HIV prevention budgets to prevent the most new cases of HIV infection and to evaluate the model's implementation in 4 health departments. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS We developed a linear programming model combined with a Bernoulli process model that ...

We propose a nonparametric model for global cost minimization as a framework for optimal allocation of a firm’s output target across multiple locations, taking account of differences in input prices and technologies across locations. This should be useful for firms planning production sites within a country and for foreign direct investment decisions by multi-national firms. Two illustrative ex...

The paper discusses the location-allocation model for logistic networks and distribution centers through considering uncertain parameters. In real-world cases, demands and transshipment costs change over the period of the time. This may lead to large cost deviation in total cost. Scenario based robust optimization approaches are proposed where occurrence probability of each scenario is not know...

The aim of this article is to analyze the potential for synergies between climate policies and development in a case study on India focusing on the power sector suboptimalities. To do so, we use IMACLIM-R, a dynamic recursive energy-economy model that represents a second best world with market imperfections and short-run adjustments constraints along a long-term growth path. The analysis sugges...

In this paper we consider a production facility producing a uniform product that ships a number of di!erent package sizes to a (number of) stockpoint(s). The packaging capacity owned by the facility is "nite and the actually used capacity must be reserved sometime before actual use. Furthermore, the packaging capacity must be allocated among the di!erent package sizes, such that a target "ll ra...