In this article, intraseasonal fishing is modeled as a differential game between fishers in a total allowable catch (TAC)–regulated fishery with and without individual fishing quotas (IFQs). Heterogeneous harvest values are included by incorporating time-specific harvest costs and a...

This paper develops a Trade Network Game (TNG) that combines evolutionary game play with endogenous partner selection. Resource-constrained buyers and sellers choose and refuse trade partners on the basis of continually updated expected payoffs. Partner selection takes place in accordance with a...

Warranty is an important element of marketing new products. The servicing of warranty results in additional costs to the manufacturer. Warranty logistics deals with various issues relating to the servicing of warranty. Proper management of warranty logistics is needed not only to reduce the...

In scheduling a large number of user jobs for parallel execution on an open-resource grid system, the jobs are subject to system failures or delays caused by infected hardware, software vulnerability, and distrusted security policy. This paper models the risk and insecure conditions in grid job...

The assumption in economics of a representative agent is often made. However, it is a very rigid assumption. Hall and Jones (2004b) presented an economic model that essentially provided for a representative agent for each age group in determining the group's health level function. Our work seeks...

This thesis provides an analysis of cost of ownership issues and techniques, andprovides the supporting data to enable future system designers to make rationaldecisions on design options. It represents the experience gained whilst collectingcost and cost relationship data in the Rolls-Royce...

In vorliegender Arbeit wird das Problem der kostenorientierten Losgr??en- und Reihenfolgebestimmung bei getakteter Mehrproduktflie?linienfertigung untersucht. Das Problem kann als Teilproblem der Produktionsablaufplanung f?r den Fall der Serien- oder Sortenproduktion charakterisiert werden....

In this research, a taxonomy of known electricity demand forecasting techniques is presented based on extensive empirical studies. In addition, a decision strategy for selecting an electricity demand forecasting method has been presented. The strategy has been formulated based on an eight-factor...

This dissertation introduces and analyzes research problems related to Retail Operations and Humanitarian Logistics. In Retail Operations, the inventory that ends up as unsaleable at primary markets can be significant (up to 20% of the retail product). Thus retailers look for strategies like...

When economic times get tough, businesses worldwide are compelled to review their organizational expenses and priorities and to strategically consider how best to save. Traditionally, Information Technology (IT) department is one area that would be affected negatively in the review. To better...