the paper discusses the location-allocation model for logistic networks and distribution centers through considering uncertain parameters. in real-world cases, demands and transshipment costs change over the period of the time. this may lead to large cost deviation in total cost. scenario based robust optimization approaches are proposed where occurrence probability of each scenario is not know...

The aim of cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) is to inform the allocation of scarce resources. CEA is routinely used in assessing the cost-effectiveness of specific health technologies by agencies such as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England and Wales. But there is extensive evidence that because of barriers of accessibility and acceptability, CEA has not b...

 To use services transparently in a distributed environment, the Utility Grids develop a cyber-infrastructure. The parameters of the Quality of Service such as the allocation-cost and makespan have to be dealt with in order to schedule workflow application tasks in the Utility Grids. Optimization of both target parameters above is a challenge in a distributed environment and may conflict one an...

the effects of planting date and single irrigation (si) allocation scenarios on increasing and stability of yield were investigated to determine the total water productivity and economical water productivity (wpe), for rainfed wheat at dryland agricultural research institute in maragheh, iran, during 2000-2004. the treatments included three sowing dates (early, normal and late), four allocation...

We study a resource allocation problem for an early-stage, resource-constrained non-profit organization (NPO) that implements social development projects for public good. The NPO uses a novel approach, which we term as the “ex–post funding” approach, to raise money from donors to fund these projects. In this approach, the NPO uses its initial funds to implement early phases of the project, and ...

to use services transparently in a distributed environment, the utility grids develop a cyber-infrastructure. the parameters of the quality of service such as the allocation-cost and makespan have to be dealt with in order to schedule workflow application tasks in the utility grids. optimization of both target parameters above is a challenge in a distributed environment and may conflict one ano...

The issue of the sample size necessary to ensure adequate statistical power has been the focus of considerableattention in scientific research. Conventional presentations of sample size determination do not consider budgetary and participant allocation scheme constraints, although there is some discussion in the literature. The introduction of additional allocation and cost concerns complicates...

In this paper, a flexible channel allocation strategy with wiener prediction method is proposed for mobile multimedia networks. In this scheme, a set of available channels is divided into fixed and flexible sets and, using wiener prediction technique channels are allocated for multimedia calls. The wiener prediction method uses only the local information for resource allocation. It allows new c...