Pond aquaculture is the most significant fish production method in central Europe, approximately 70% of the total fish production is originated from traditional fish ponds in this region, which is a resource-saving, ecologically sustainable production method. However, the growth of this sector is not expected because of the low production capacity of valuable fish species and the relatively hig...

In this paper we consider an imperfect production system which produces good and defective items and assume that defective items can be reworked. Due to the nature of rework process we do not restrict the rework rate to be equal to normal production rate or constant and assume that it is a random variable with an arbitrary distribution function. We also assume as it is true in most real world s...

We consider a production-inventory system that consists of an input-generating installation, a production unit and L intermediate buffers. It is assumed that the installation transfers the raw material j ∈ {1, . . . , L} to buffer Bj, and the production unit pulls the rawmaterial j ∈ {1, ..., L} from buffer Bj. We consider the problem of the optimal preventive maintenance of the installation if...

J APER*, B DE CAUWER†, S DE ROO†, M LOURENC O‡, V FIEVEZ‡, R BULCKE† & D REHEUL§ *Plant Sciences Unit, Applied Genetics and Breeding, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Melle, Belgium, †Weed Science Unit, Department of Plant Production, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ‡Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality, Department of Animal Production, Ghent University,...

the issue of unit commitment is one of the most important economic plans in power system. in modern and traditional power systems, in addition to being economical of the planning, the issue of security in unit operation is also of great importance. hence power system operation confronts units’ participation and input considering network security constrains. the issue of units’ participation is ...

This paper develops a method for solving the single product multi-period production-planning problem, in which the production and the inventory costs of each period arc concave and backlogging is not permitted. It is also assumed that the unit variable cost of the production evolves according to a continuous time Markov process. We prove that this production-planning problem can be Stated as a ...

The issue of unit commitment is one of the most important economic plans in power system. In modern and traditional power systems, in addition to being economical of the planning, the issue of security in unit operation is also of great importance. Hence power system operation confronts units’ participation and input considering network security constrains. The issue of units’ participation is ...