This paper proposes a novel facility location model for health service network design by considering different key elements including the reliability aspects, service capacity, congestion, service quality, surrounding public infrastructures, geographical accessibility and several types of cost such as investment, transportation and operational costs. We formulate the problem as a robust scenari...

This article presents a perishable (s; S) inventory system under continuous review at a service facility in which a waiting hall for customers is of nite size M. The arrival instants of customers to the service station constitutes a Poisson process. The life time of each items is assumed to be exponential. All arriving customers demand the rst "essential" service, whereas only some of them dema...

Background: Quality of work life depends on a combination of variables in the work environment that has an important impact on organizational commitment, work participation, and job performance. Therefore, measuring two variables of quality of work life and organizational commitment is important for all employees of organizations, including emergency nurses, who are important members of the hea...

Reliable and continuous operation of ships is vitally important to the decision-makers. Driven by rising cost newbuilding ships, maintenance actions are needed on existing ensure safe enduring service beyond their initial design life. Extending ship life can provide economic operating profit promote sustainability. Meanwhile, during extended may involve higher failure risk additional expenditur...

Abstract Product Service Systems (PSS) are increasingly important for companies. They enable a multitude of advantages, including the ability to offer customers even more individual customised solutions. However, PSS can also cause negative effects For example, increase complexity within In order cope with this complexity, modularisation is frequently suggested in literature. existing approache...