In the Grid Computing environment, many users need the results of their calculations within a specific period of time. Those users are willing to pay for getting their work completed on time. However, this requirement must be agreed on in a Service Level Agreement (SLA) by both, the user and the...

For a number of countries - Italy, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, and France - this paper develops an inter-temporal model that elicits the implied country-preferences over balancing the conflicting objectives of fiscal consolidation and reduction of economic slack. The model...

In this article, we examine whether a better econometric specification of the sales-advertising relationship leads to significantly improved decisions. Extending the pioneering work of Nerlove and Arrow, we analyze the sensitivity of the discounted profit flow to the dynamics of advertising. On...

This paper studies the assortment planning problem with multiple merchandise categories and basket shopping consumers (i.e., consumers who desire to purchase from multiple categories). We present a duopoly model in which retailers choose prices and variety level in each category and consumers...

An optimal design problem is considered for processor-sharing service systems, where the number of customers served simultaneously is limited to a fixed finite number (called multiplicity). The decision variable is the multiplicity and the optimal criterion is to minimize the mean number of...

Статья посвящена проблемам становления предпринимательской деятельности на рынке услуг. Рассмотрены элементы предпринимательства через призму рынка...

В статье рассматривается проблема унификации заявки-договора на перевозку грузов. Проведенный анализ показал, что в практике работы транспортных предприятий...