In this paper, we propose an extended relocation model for warehouses configuration in a supply chain network, in which uncertainty is associated to operational costs, production capacity and demands whereas, existing researches in this area are often restricted to deterministic environments. In real cases, we usually deal with stochastic parameters and this point justifies why the relocation m...

Current network modeling practices usually assess the network performance at specified time interval, i.e. every 5 or 10 years time horizon. Furthermore, they are usually based on partially predictable data, which are being generated through various stochastic procedures. In this research, a new quantitative based methodology which combines combinatorial optimization modeling and transportation...

Recent papers in the concept of Supply Chain Network Design (SCND) have seen a rapid development in applying the stochastic models to get closer to real-world applications. Regaring the special characteristics of each product, the stracture of SCND varies. In tire industry, the recycling and remanufacturing of scraped tires lead to design a closed-loop supply chain. This paper proposes a two-st...

In this paper we present a systematic approach to constructing neural network classi ers based on stochastic model theory. A two step process is described where the rst problem is to model the stochastic relationship between sample patterns and their classes using a stochastic neural network. Then we convert the stochastic network to a deterministic one, which calculates the a-posteriori probab...

The impact of different energy storages on power systems has become more important due to the development of energy storage technologies. This paper optimizes the stochastic scheduling of a wind-based multiple energy system (MES) and evaluates the operation of the proposed system in combination with electrical and thermal demand-response programs and the three-mode CAES (TM-CAES) unit. The prop...

The issue of Quality of Service (QoS) performance analysis in packet switching networkshas drawn a lot of attention in the networking community in recent years. There is a lot ofwork including an elegant theory under the name of network calculus focusing on analysisof deterministic worst case QoS performance bounds. In the meantime, other researchershave studied the stochastic Q...

The issue of Quality of Service (QoS) performance analysis in packet switched networks has drawn a lot of attention in the networking community in recent years. There is a lot of work including an elegant theory under the name of network calculus focusing on analysis of deterministic worst case QoS performance bounds. In the meantime, other researchers have studied the stochastic QoS performanc...

This research is to develop a new form of stochastic network calculus for queuing system performance guarantees by making use of the Legendre transform at the sample-path level. A symmetrical formulation is resulted in through separate modeling of traffic flows and service capacities. Performance measures at single nodes and the service capacities of tandem systems are explicitly bounded at the...