We study a rental system where a fixed number of heterogeneous users rent one product at a time from a collection of reusable products. The online DVD rental firm Netflix provides the motivation. We assume that rental durations of each user are independent and identically distributed with finite mean. We study transient behavior in this system following the introduction of a new product that is...

This paper is a seminar paper that summarizes Fran­ cis Edward Su’s paper “Rental harmony: Sperner’s lemma in fair division” [1] in 1999. In this paper we introduce and prove Sperner’s Lemma. Then, we introduce the fair division problem and an al­ gorithm based on Sperner’s lemma that can solve some variants of the fair division problem.

due to agriculture is a risky activity and risk models is important in order to analyze the behavior of farmers, hence, in this study, the factors affecting risk-taking and risk aversion is the region grape growers. data analysis was performed by using stochastic frontier. data gathered by questionnaires at three counties of zabol, hirmand and zahak at 265 grape farmers in crop year of 2011-201...

Product-Service Systems are considered as facilitators for value creation to attain sustainability. This paper studies how service delivery and the co-creation process are two means of enhancing the design of valuable and sustainable solutions. The paper shows how service delivery and cocreation process are both in the core of the interaction between the provider and the customer and can be con...

This short paper examines the technological feasibility of a "video on demand service that is provided from a centralized location over a digital network. The video on demand service is considered to be a service similar to the currently popular videotape rental services. The problem is divided into two parts: communications and database access. It is argued that the incremental communications ...

The integration of marketing and demand with logistics and inventories (supply side of companies) may cause multiple improvements; it can revolutionize the management of the revenue of rental companies, hotels, and airlines. In this paper, we develop a multi-objective pricing-inventory model for a retailer. Maximizing the retailer's profit and the service level are the objectives, and shorta...

Oncology nurses play a pivotal role in the care of patients receiving chemotherapy and are in a prime position to facilitate better care of patients experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). However, to do so, they must be kept well apprised of the most recent guidelines, the latest developments in CINV therapy, and the expanding knowledge of CINV pathophysiology. In April 2...