Task allocation problems have traditionally focused on cost optimization. However, more and more attention is being given to cases in which cost should not always be the sole or major consideration. In this paper, we study a fair task allocation problem where an optimal allocation not only has low cost but more importantly, it is max-lexmin fair to all participants. To tackle this max-lexmin fa...

The survivability or resilience of a network refers to network performance during abnormal operating modes. Network design for survivability is usually constrained by cost. For mobile networks an overriding constraint is the limit placed on radio-level capacity by a regulated frequency spectrum. We propose a load-sharing cell-site architecture and a novel load-based channel allocation scheme wh...

In this chapter, we present a procedure that seeks the global minimum for the capacitated Euclidean location-allocation problem which is defined as follows. Given the fixed location of m existing facilities or customers on a continuous plane and their associated demands, we wish to determine the location of n new facilities or sources with known capacities, and the allocation of its supply, in ...

UNLABELLED Many facilities allocate operating room (OR) time based on historical utilization of OR time. This assumes that there is a fixed amount of regularly scheduled OR time, called "block time". This "Fixed Hours" system does not apply to many surgical suites in the US. Most facilities make OR time available for all its surgeons' patients, even if cases are expected to finish after the end...

The femtocell concept aims to combine fixed-line broadband access with mobile telephony using the deployment of low-cost, low-power third generation (3G) base stations in the subscribers' homes. While the self-configuration of femtocells is a plus, it can limit the quality of users and reduce the efficiency of the network, based on outdated allocation parameters such as signal power level. To t...

This paper deals with the optimal allocation of demand across a set of suppliers given the risk of suppliers’ failure to deliver. We consider items that are used in multiple facilities (demand points) and that can be purchased from multiple suppliers with different cost and reliability characteristics. Suppliers have production flexibility that allows them to deliver a contingency quantity in c...

There lies a network structure between fixed tree and minimum cost spanning tree networks that has not been previously analyzed from a cooperative game theoretic perspective, namely, directed acyclic graph (DAG) networks. In this paper we consider the cost allocation game defined on DAG-networks. We briefly discuss the relation of DAG-games with other networkbased cost games. We demonstrate tha...

We study experimentally the effects of cost structure and prize allocation rules on the performance of rent-seeking contests. Most previous studies use a lottery prize rule and linear cost, and find both overbidding relative to the Nash equilibrium prediction and significant variation of efforts, which we term ‘overspreading.’ We investigate the effects of allocating the prize by a lottery vers...

Malaysia is the world’s leading producer of rubber gloves, among over 150 manufacturers worldwide. Based on current practice manufacturer there no fixed guideline in planning for orders based various criteria as each criterion has its importance, and are planned real-time situation. Therefore, this study, to be considered order allocation factories their importance were determined using Analyti...