This article develops an integrated model of transmitting strategies and operational activities to enhance the efficiency of supply chain management. As the second objective, this paper aims to improve supply chain performance management (SCPM) by employing proper decision-making approaches. The proposed model optimizes the performance indicator based on SCOR metrics. A process-based method is ...

in this paper we apply hybrid functions of general block-pulse‎ ‎functions and legendre polynomials for solving linear and‎ ‎nonlinear multi-order fractional differential equations (fdes)‎. ‎our approach is based on incorporating operational matrices of‎ ‎fdes with hybrid functions that reduces the fdes problems to‎ ‎the solution of algebraic systems‎. ‎error estimate that verifies a‎ ‎converge...

in this paper, we introduce hybrid of block-pulse functions and bernstein polynomials and derive operational matrices of integration, dual, differentiation, product and delay of these hybrid functions by a general procedure that can be used for other polynomials or orthogonal functions. then, we utilize them to solvedelay differential equations and time-delay system. the method is based upon ex...

abstract. the main contribution of the current paper is to propose a new effective numerical method for solving the first-order linear matrix differential equations. properties of the legendre basis operational matrix of integration together with a collocation method are applied to reduce the problem to a coupled linear matrix equations. afterwards, an iterative algorithm is examined for solvin...

heat exchangers are the critical components of refrigeration and liquefaction processes. selection of appropriate operational conditions for cryogenic recuperative heat exchanger and expansion valve operating in joule-thomson cooling system results in improving the performance and efficiency. in the current study, a straightforward procedure is introduced to design an efficient joule-thomson co...

in this paper, the numerical technique based on hybrid bernoulli and block-pulse functions has been developed to approximate the solution of system of linear volterra integral equations. system of volterra integral equations arose in many physical problems such as elastodynamic, quasi-static visco-elasticity and magneto-electro-elastic dynamic problems. these functions are formed by the hybridi...

in this paper, an efficient method for solving optimal control problemsof the linear differential systems with inequality constraint is proposed. by usingnew adjustment of hat basis functions and their operational matrices of integration,optimal control problem is reduced to an optimization problem. also, the erroranalysis of the proposed method is investigated and it is proved that the order o...

alternative legendre polynomials (alps) are used to approximate the solution of a class of nonlinear volterra-hammerstein integral equations. for this purpose, the operational matrices of integration and the product for alps are derived. then, using the collocation method, the considered problem is reduced into a set of nonlinear algebraic equations. the error analysis of the method is given an...