Supply chains integrate production centers with raw materials and part suppliers and with logistics service providers, in an integrated environment in which co-ordination aspects as well as competitive issues may take place. In this paper, a hybrid model for the representation of a generic production center of a supply chain is presented and discussed. The model is characterized by inventory le...

In this paper we attempt to integrate production scheduling and distribution routing problems to minimize the total cost of the supply chain under uncertain environments. The particle swarm optimization method is used to select the location of the distribution center, combining it with the tabu search algorithm to solve vehicle distribution route problem. Especially, the location of each partic...

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The objective of this study was to analyze the association of somatic cell score (SCS) with milk, fat and protein yields across parities. Records of production traits and somatic cell counts (SCC) from first, second and third parity that were collected by the Animal Breeding Center of Iran from 1993 to 2010 were used.All animals were grouped into six classes according to SCC and production trai...

1University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA 2Radiopharmaceuticals Production and Marketing Center, Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Taoyuan 32546, Taiwan 3Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan 4Small Animal MRI, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel H...

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The paper describes objectives and results of a research project conducted by Daimler–Benz AG. Intention of this project is decision support for a logistics division. In particular, the production flow control (PFC) in a factory has to be optimized by a decision support system. PFC is a sophisticated process influenced by complex factory structures and high dynamism of manufacturing processes. ...

Mice rendered deficient for interleukin (IL) 6 by gene targeting were evaluated for their response to T cell-dependent antigens. Antigen-specific immunoglobulin (Ig)M levels were unaffected whereas all IgG isotypes showed varying degrees of alteration. Germinal center reactions occurred but remained physically smaller in comparison to those in the wild-type mice. This concurred with the observa...

Recent results from the DD collaboration on dijet production with rapidity gaps are discussed for center-of-mass energies of p s = 630 and 1800 GeV, including single diiractive jet production, hard double pomeron exchange, and hard color-singlet exchange.

Recent results from the DD collaboration on dijet production with rapidity gaps are discussed for center-of-mass energies of p s = 630 and 1800 GeV, including single diiractive jet production, hard double pomeron exchange, and hard color-singlet exchange.