This paper discusses the domain of Army logistics planning at the level of the ODSCLOG (Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics) and describes tools to assist in this planning. In particular, we have developed a prototype collaboratory (CLINT) for logistics planning that relies on Microsoft NetMeeting TM as the collaborative infrastructure, and a tool named THREADS to support logistic...

Distributed processing has been a subject of recent interest due to the availability of computer networks. Over the past few years it has led to the identification of several challenging problems. One of these is the problem of optimally distributing program modules over a distributed processing system. In this paper we present an LC (Leas Cost) branch-and-bound algorithm to fiid an optimal ass...

We study the tradeoff between efficiency and service quality in tandem systems. We reward efficiency by assuming that a revenue is earned each time a job is completed, and we penalize poor service quality by incorporating positive holding costs. We study the dynamic assignment of servers to tasks with the objective of maximizing the long-run average profit. For systems of arbitrary size, genera...

The combined distribution and assignment problem is the problem of the simultaneous determination of the distribution of trips between origins and destinations in a transportation network and the assignment of trips to routes in each origin{ destination pair. In the model most widely used the distribution is assumed to follow a gravity model with negative exponential deterrence function and the...

In this paper, we present a routing and channel assignment protocol for multi-channel multi-hop wireless networks. We view a multi-hop network as an extension to infrastructure networks, where a mobile host may connect to an access point using multi-hop wireless routes, via other mobile hosts or wireless routers. The access points are configured to operate on one of multiple available channels....

 Abstract: The shipments of hazardous materials (HAZMATs) induce various risks to the road network. Today, one of the major considerations of transportation system managers is HAZMATs shipments, due to the increasing demand of these goods (because it is more used in industry, agriculture, medicine, etc.), and the rising number of incidents that are associated to hazardous materials. This paper ...

the study is an analysis of processing methods, marketing channels, and profitability determinants of selected cassava products in kogi state, nigeria. the study was carried out in kogi east senatorial district of the state. a multi-stage sampling technique was employed in the selection of 120 respondents from whom information were collected and analyzed. the data used for the study were collec...

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) deals with the assignment of a set of transportation orders to a fleet of vehicles and the sequencing of stops for each vehicle to minimize transportation costs. This paper presents two different genetic algorithm models (panmitic and cellular models) for providing solutions for the Capacitated VRP (CVRP), which is mainly characterized by using vehicles of the ...