We investigate a transportation problem with discontinuous piecewise linear cost function in this paper. The basic feasible solution for the transportation problem, in which flow bounds on edges are uncertain, is obtained by disaggregating piecewise linear cost function. A genetic algorithm is proposed to solve the transportation problem based on the network representation of the basic feasible...

in the present study, hydrilla verticillata biomass was investigated as a novel biosorbent for the uptake of basic dye malachite green from its aqueous solution. kinetic and equilibrium studies were carried out in batch process. batch adsorption experiments were conducted to study the effect of ph, temperature, sorbent dosage, initial dye concentration, and contact time for the removal malachit...

In this paper some operations are described that transform every graph into a perfect graph by replacing nodes with sets of new nodes. The transformation is done in such a way that every stable set in the perfect graph corresponds to a stable set in the original graph. These operations yield a purely combinatorial augmentation procedure for finding a maximum weighted stable set in a graph. Star...

The problem of the distribution of dairy products, which is classified as a combinatorial optimization problem, cannot be solved in polynomial time. In this paper, an algorithm based on Ant Colony Hybrid meta-heuristic system and Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to find a near-optimal solution to this problem. Using the former method, the nearest neighbor heuristic algorithm was use...

Two methods have been used extensively for arriving at initial basic feasible solution (IBF). One of them is Northwest corner rule and the other on Russell method (Hillier & Lieberman, 2005.) Both drawbacks. The IBF obtained either far from optimal or does not adequate number entries to initiate transportation simplex algorithm. Corner gives an that while using doesn’t give enough start Hen...

This paper studies the feasibility of CORSIA’s carbon neutral growth goal based on verified offsetting. It is motivated by an ongoing general debate about climate and regulatory integrity offsetting, thus systematically identifying critical offset characteristics. Using registry data from largest verifiers eligible under CORSIA, we show that majority offsets have minor integrity. challenges obj...

in this study, degradation of p-chlorophenol (p-cp) was evaluated using persulfate (ps) activated zerovalent iron (zvi) based ultraviolet (uv) in a bench scale photoreactor. the effect of operational parameters such as solution ph (3, 7, and 11), reaction time (0-60 minutes), zvi dosage (0.15, 1.25, 0.5, 1, and 1.5 mm), ps concentration (0.5, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, and 4 mm), and initial p-cp concentr...