Stochastic Economic Lot Scheduling Problems (ELSPs) involve settings where several items need to be produced in a common facility with limited capacity, under significant uncertainty regarding demands, unit production times, setup times, or combinations thereof. We consider systems where some...

Balachandran and Schaefer (1979) show that if in the individual optimum class A dominates with a first come first serve queue, there could exist cases where in the public optimum class B dominates. We derive conditions under which providing a nonpreemptive priority allows both classes of users...

There is widespread agreement that our ability to deliver sustainable food security for all will be challenged in three dimensions—population growth, constrained natural resources, and climate change. Investments in agricultural productivity are essential to dealing with these challenges....

The paper is devoted to the analysis of S&T trends as a part of the Russian Long-term S&T Foresight 2025 which was carried out in 2007-2008 by request from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and Federal Agency for Science and Innovation. The paper provides an expert...

В статье рассматриваются некоторые аспекты, связанные с изучением конкурентных возможностей Республики Адыгея и формирующих их факторов. Акцент сделан на...