Tackling poverty has been one of the greatest global challenges and a prerequisite to sustainable development of countries. Countries implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures to address ...

The Radio Communications Interdiction Problem (RCIP) seeks to identify the locations of transmitters on the battlefield that will lead to a robust radio communications network by anticipating the effects of intentional ...

In this paper, we examine a selling environment where a manufacturer-controlled retailer and an independent retailer sell a slow-moving A item. The manufacturer offers the independent retailer a price protection ...

In this paper, we present an alternative formulation of utility entropy called disutility entropy. Previous entropy measurements in the literature use utility density function in maximum entropy formulations. Also, in ...

We study the Multiple Allocation Tree of Hubs Location Problem where a tree topology is required among the hubs and transportation cost of sending flows between OD pairs is minimized. Unlike most studies in the literature ...

In many practical scheduling problems, the concerns of the decision-maker may not be all known in advance and therefore may not be included in the initial problem definition as an objective function and/or as constraints. ...

Hierarchical organizations, especially in government agencies, are known by their pyramidal structures and continuous training needs resulting from promotions and/or assignments. Using scientific and rational methods in ...

Since packaging contributes to severe environmental impacts in food production, alternatives of packaging materials that satisfy customer needs while minimizing environmental impacts in a cost-effective manner should be ...

Climate change is a complex issue with signifcant scientifc and socio-economic uncertainties, making it difcult to assess the efectiveness of climate policies. Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy Models (DICE models) have ...

In this paper, we are concerned with the use of simulation optimization to handle collaborative design problems where more than one decision-maker is involved. We assume that the designers cannot enumerate all their ...