This paper deals with a realistic multi-period liner ship fleet planning problem by incorporating stochastic dependency of the random and period-dependent container shipment demand. This problem is formulated as a multi-period stochastic programming model with a sequence of interrelated two-stage stochastic programming (2SSP) problems characterized ship fleet planning in each single period. A s...

The major oil industry upstream activities include the exploration, drilling, extraction, pipelines installation, and production of crude oil. In this paper, we develop a mathematical model to plan for these operations as a crude oil supply chain network design problem. The proposed multi-period mixed integer linear programming model entails both strategic (e.g., facility location and allocatio...

the control of fluidized-bed operations processes is still one of the major areas of research due to the complexity of the process and the inherent nonlinearity and varying dynamics involved in its operation. there are varieties of problems in chemical engineering that can be formulated as nonlinear programming (nlps). the quality of the developed solution significantly affects the performance ...

This study is motivated by the need to increase energy efficiency in existing buildings. Around 33% of the energy used in the world is consumed in the buildings. Identifying and investing in the right energy saving technologies within a given budget helps the adoption of energy efficiency measures in existing buildings. We present a mathematical programming approach to select the right energy e...

in this paper, we study the network location problem for two congestible facilities, considering impatient customers. we suppose that when a customer arrives his/her corresponding facility and faces a queue with the size more than a predetermined threshold, the customer decides not to join the queue but to go to the closest facility to current facility. in the second facility, if the queue size...

In present study, a mathematical model of the vehicle–floating slab track (FST) interaction is established to investigate the coupled behaviour of vehicle–track system. The FST is modelled as the double Euler -Bernoulli beam including the rail and slab. The railway vehicle is simplified as a multi-rigid-body model. The wheel–rail interface is treated using a nonlinear Hertzian contact model, co...

this paper will investigate the optimum portfolio for an investor, taking into account 5 criteria. the mean variance model of portfolio optimization that was introduced by markowitz includes two objective functions; these two criteria, risk and return do not encompass all of the information about investment; information like annual dividends, s&p star ranking and return in later years which...