We consider a supplier who faces stationary demand and uses dynamically updated forecast information to place orders to an upstream distributor. The order size is restricted and each order entails a high fixed cost. We characterize the form of the optimal policy in the special case where the fixed cost of ordering is high enough to warrant all-or-nothing ordering in each period.

Natural language processing technology has developed remarkably, but it is still difficult for computers to understand contextual meanings as humans do. The purpose of our work has been to construct an associative concept dictionary for Japanese verbs and make computers understand contextual meanings with a high degree of accuracy. We constructed an automatic system that can be used to estimate...

The problem that is often experienced in the delivery of goods from distributor to destination route not sufficient with vehicle's capacity. This matter crucial because it can affect clients' trust on shippers distributor. be analyzed using Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP) Clarke and Wright Algorithm. research begins determining distance between all coordinates Euclidean Distance, mak...

We study how the presence of locked-in customers in a downstream market affects distribution choice an upstream content provider. Two asymmetric distributors compete mature and provider sells its rights using lump-sum fees. A higher number reduces need to resort exclusivity relax competition. The therefore both when there is sufficiently-high proportion customers. show that exclusive affiliatio...