Models that aim to optimize the design of supply chain networks have gained more interest in the supply chain literature. Mixed-integer linear programming and discrete-event simulation are widely used for such an optimization problem. We present a hybrid approach to support decisions for supply chain network design using a combination of analytical and discrete-event simulation models. The prop...

Chaos synchronization of coupled fractional order differential equation is receiving increasing attention because of its potential applications in secure communications and control processing. The aim of this paper is synchronization between two identical or different delay fractional-order chaotic systems in finite time. At first, the predictor-corrector method is used to obtain the solutions ...

this paper studies a new multi-objective fuzzy optimization prob- lem. the objective function of this study has dierent levels. therefore, a suitable optimized solution for this problem would be an optimized solution with preemptive priority. since, the feasible domain is non-convex; the tra- ditional methods cannot be applied. we study this problem and determine some special structures related...

This study is devoted to discrete sizing optimization of truss structures employing an efficient discrete evolutionary meta-heuristic algorithm which uses the Newton gradient-based method as its updating scheme and it is named here as Newton Meta-heuristic Algorithm (NMA). In order to enable the NMA population-based meta-heuristic to effectively explore the discrete design space, a term contain...

Abstract Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a typical combinatorial optimization problem, and it NP-hard problem. The total number of routes increases exponentially with the cities, so great significance to design an effective algorithm find optimal solution accurately. Chicken Swarm Optimization (CSO) new intelligent algorithm, which mainly proposed for continuous problems. It has advantages ...

Placement process is one of the vital stages in physical design. In this stage, modules and elements of circuit are placed in distinct locations according to optimization basis. So that, each placement process tries to influence on one or more optimization factor. In the other hand, it can be told unequivocally that FPGA is one of the most important and applicable devices in our electronic worl...