Optimal pricing and marketing planning plays an essential role in production decisions on deteriorating items. This paper presents a mathematical model for a three-level supply chain, which includes one producer, one distributor and one retailer. The proposed study considers the production of a deteriorating item where demand is influenced by price, marketing expenditure, quality of product and...

in this paper a single server queuing production system is considered which is subject to gradual deterioration. the system is discussed under two different deteriorating conditions. a planning horizon is considered and server which is a d/m/1 queuing system is gradually deteriorates through time periods. a maintenance policy is taken into account whereby the server is restored to its initial c...

This paper presents the preliminary results of an observational study into the use of novelty detection techniques for detecting physiological deterioration in vital-sign data acquired from Emergency Department (ED) patients. Such patients are typically in an acute condition with a significant chance of deteriorating during their stay in hospital. Existing methods for monitoring ED patients inv...

BACKGROUND Recognising and responding to patients who are deteriorating are key aspects to improving outcomes. Simulations provide students with exposure to deteriorating patient scenarios and the role of nurses in such events. The number of programmes seeking to provide best possible simulation experiences is growing exponentially. Robust evaluation of these experiences is crucial to ensure ma...

Speech recognition has been introduced as an interface for the various devices; especially operator assistance in call center operations is needed. But when speech recognition is introduced into the call center operations, the recognition performance may deteriorate because the voices of customers include emotion (angry). Previous study reported that the recognition performance of “angry voice”...