In this paper we study the problem of energy-aware resource allocation for hosting long-term services or on-demand compute jobs in clusters, e.g., deployed as part of computing infrastructures. We formalize the problem as three constrained optimization problems: maximize job performance under power consumption constraints, minimize power consumption under job performance constraints, and optimi...

Purpose: The goal of analyzing investments carried out under the ESCO formula is to determine, implement and apply an optimal set retrofitting technologies in order reduce facility’s energy costs borne by its public owner, maintain a satisfactory level building thermal parameters while upholding economic profitability investment for private partner. purpose this article show evaluation process,...

Cross-company business processes are common in today’s networked economy and are nowadays often supported by process support systems that integrate the information systems of the different partners based on web service technology. In contrast to earlier Workflow Management Systems, which were often deployed in the controlled environment of a single company, the distributed nature of modern solu...

In this paper, we study the contracting issues in an outsourcing supply chain consisting of a user company and a call center that does outsourcing work for the user company. We model the call center as a G/G/s queue with customer abandonment. Each call has a revenue potential, and we model the call center’s service quality by the percentage of calls resolved (revenue realized). The call center ...

The objective of the thesis is to provide a framework for understanding and improving service parts quality management in a high technology industry. The research carried out during the internship is used as a case study for understanding and improving service parts quality management. The semiconductor capital equipment industry is primarily technology driven and is highly competitive. Capital...

The present study aimed to explain the factors affecting the usage of electronic insurance in Iran insurance company and its operating strategies in Khuzestan province. The research method is descriptive-survey method, and data collecting instrument is questionnaire. The study population is consisted of 480 people of all staff and experts the sales network in Iran insurance company in Khuzestan...