Discrete facility location,   Distribution center,   Logistics,   Inventory policy,   Queueing theory,   Markov processes, The distribution center location problem is a crucial question for logistics decision makers. The optimization of these decisions needs careful attention to the fixed facility costs, inventory costs, transportation costs and customer responsiveness. In this paper we stu...

Distribution is a tool for creating a competitive advantage. In choosing the distribution method, costs should be taken into account. In this research I will explain distribution channels that include intensive distribution, selective distribution and exclusive distribution. Exactly, the intensive distribution as the one of the main distribution channels will be explained. Also the advantages a...

The transformation of the economy to a low-carbon level is constrained by high costs and problem balancing interests in distribution these among participants. paper proposes use corporate game theory, particular Shapley value, for cost allocation. In contrast classical division additional utility cooperative games, this case are divided, concave function minimized. value coordinates determine c...

Distributed generation (DG) has been widely used in distribution network to reduce the energy losses, improve voltage profile and system reliability, etc.  The location and capacity of DG units can influence on probability of protection mal-operation in distribution networks. In this paper, a novel model for DG planning is proposed to find the optimum DG location and sizing in radial distr...

The problem we investigate deals with the optimal assignment of resources to the activities of a stochastic project network. We seek to minimize the expected cost of the project include sum of resource utilization costs and lateness costs. We assume that the work content required by the activities follows an exponential distribution. The decision variables of the model are the allocated resourc...