We introduce a heuristic method for finding good, feasible solutions for multiproduct lot sizing problems with general assembly structures, multiple constrained resources, and nonzero setup costs and setup times. We evaluate the performance of this heuristic by comparing its solutions to optimal solutions of small randomly generated problems and to time-truncated Optimization Subroutine Library...

This paper considers the economic lot and delivery scheduling problem in a two-echelon supply chains, where a single supplier produces multiple components on a flexible flow line (FFL) and delivers them directly to an assembly facility (AF). The objective is to determine a cyclic schedule that minimizes the sum of transportation, setup and inventory holding costs per unit time without shortage....

the objective of this paper is to determine the efficiency of manufacturing companies in kenya over the period of 2009 to 2011 as well as suggesting appropriate policies to be employed by the manufacturing companies in kenya based on the findings of the study. three critical inputs variables (raw materials, staff expenses and plant and machinery) and two output variables (net sale and earnings ...

SO(p, q) = {g ∈ SLp+q(R) : g>Qg = Q} (where Q = ( 1p 0 0 −1q ) )  SU(2) −→ SO(3) SL2(R) −→ SO(2, 1) SU(2)× SU(2) −→ SO(4) SL2(C) −→ SO(3, 1) SL2(R)× SL2(R) −→ SO(2, 2) Sp∗(2, 0) −→ SO(5) Sp∗(1, 1) −→ SO(4, 1) Sp2(R) −→ SO(3, 2) SU(4) −→ SO(6) SL2(H) −→ SO(5, 1) SU(2, 2) −→ SO(4, 2) SL4(R) −→ SO(3, 3) Thus, these are small examples...

nanotechnology, shortened to nanotech, is the study of the controlling of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. generally, nanotechnology deals with structures sized between 1 to 100 nanometer in at least one dimension and involves developing materials or devices within that size. the use of nanotechnology in the field of pharmaceutics and drug delivery has grown over the last few years, so ...

POLYNOMIAL systems of equations frequently arise in solid modelling, robotics, computer vision, chemistry, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Locally convergent iterative methods such as quasi-Newton methods may diverge or fail to find all meaningful solutions of a polynomial system. This paper proposes a parallel homotopy algorithm for polynomial systems of equations that is gua...

A $Gamma$-so-ring is a structure possessing a natural partial ordering, an infinitary partial addition and a ternary multiplication, subject to a set of axioms. The partial functions under disjoint-domain sums and functional composition is a $Gamma$-so-ring. In this paper we introduce the notions of subdirect product and $(phi,rho)$-product of $Gamma$-so-rings and study $(phi,rho)$-represen...

The truncated singular value decomposition (TSVD) is a popular method for solving linear discrete ill-posed problems with small to moderately sized matrix A. This replaces the A by closest Ak of low rank k, and then computes minimal norm solution system equations rank-deficient so obtained. modified TSVD (MTSVD) improves method, replacing that closer than in unitarily invariant has same spectra...

Starting from the classical r-matrix of the non-standard (or Jordanian) quantum deformation of the sl(2,R) algebra, new triangular quantum deformations for the real Lie algebras so(2, 2), so(3, 1) and iso(2, 1) are simultaneously constructed by using a graded contraction scheme; these are realized as deformations of conformal algebras of (1 + 1)-dimensional spacetimes. Timetype and space-type q...