In the last decade, theory of constraint application in project management lead to make a new approach for project scheduling and control as a critical chain. In this paper, a multi-objective optimization model for multi-project scheduling on critical chain is investigated. The objectives include time, cost and quality. In order to solve the problem, a Simulated Annealing algorithm is developed...

Service Oriented Enterprises (SOEs) are subject to constant change and variation. In this paper, the changes are considered from an economic perspective based on service culture notion. Once a change is implemented, the costs of some member services may increase, whereas the costs of some other services may reduce. We construct a game theoretic model trying to capture the possible conflicting i...

By considering the supreme-utilities among fuzzy sets and the weights among participants simultaneously, we introduce the supreme-weighted value on fuzzy transferable-utility games. Further, we provide some equivalent relations to characterize the family of all solutions that admit a potential on weights. We also propose the dividend approach to provide alternative viewpoint for the potential a...

Random Early Detection (RED) is used as a congestion avoidance mechanism in a router wherein the average queue size is compared to the minimum and maximum thresholds of the buffer. Packets are dropped, marked, or allowed to pass depending on the size of the queue relative to the thresholds. While RED may be suitable for flows which have similar loss requirements, it remains to be seen if it can...

This paper introduces some new ideas related to the challenge of endowing a hypothetical future superintelligent AI with values that would cause it to act in ways that are beneficial. Since candidates for first-best solutions to this problem (e.g. coherent extrapolated volition) may be very difficult to implement, it is worth also looking for less-ideal solutions that may be more easily impleme...

We present a method for relating a neural measurement of value to choice behaviour. In a previous study, precisely targeted measurements of brain activity were made in the medial prefrontal cortex of subjects while they considered individual consumer goods. We present here two advances. First, we develop an empirical framework for relating this class of measured value data to choice prediction....

Abstract The issue of interpersonal comparisons utility is about the possibility (or not) comparing or welfare mental states in general, different individuals. Embedded conceptual framework utilitarianism, were admissible economics as part theoretical justification policies until first decades twentieth century. Under strong influence scientific philosophy positivism reflected works early neocl...