Component allocation is an important element of process planning for printed circuit card assembly systems. The component allocation problem directly impacts the productivity and cost of a circuit card assembly system. Many companies have recognized the importance of component allocation and have started to develop a better decision process. Also, a few commercial software packages have been de...

Although there are some research efforts toward resource allocation in multi-agent systems (MAS), most of these work assume that each agent has complete information about other agents. This research investigates interactions among selfish, rational, and autonomous agents in resource allocation, each with incomplete information about other entities, and each seeking to maximize its expected util...

In CDMA wireless networks the optimal routing of data depends on the link capacities which, in turn, are determined by the allocation of transmit powers to the links. The optimal performance of the network can only be achieved by simultaneous optimization of routing and power allocation. In this paper, we study this joint optimization problem in CDMA data networks using convex optimization tech...

In aircraft design, a simultaneous optimization of the airline allocation, mission profile, and the airframe-propulsion design can be advantageous because it can capture how design changes might affect the aircraft utilization at the airline level. As a first step towards this goal, previous research solved the allocation-mission optimization problem by taking a modular adjoint approach, but wi...

Evaluating capital requirements as well as allocating total capital into various business units are becoming increasingly important part of the risk management process of a financial enterprise. In the allocation of capital, we consider the purpose of capital allocation within a company (individual, collective, or market-relative), the manner in which the portfolios within the conglomerate can ...

This paper addresses resource allocation for sum throughput maximization in a sectorized two-cell downlink OFDMA systems impaired by multicell interference. It is well known that the optimization problem for this scenario is NPhard and combinational, which is here converted to a novel sum throughput maximization problem based on the intercell interference limitation. Then, two subclasses of thi...

This paper shows the results obtained in the analysis of the impact of distributed generation (DG) on distribution losses and presents a new algorithm to the optimal allocation of distributed generation resources in distribution networks. The optimization is based on a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization (HGAPSO) aiming to optimal DG allocation in distribution network. Thro...

This paper presents a multi-objective order allocation planning problem with the consideration of various real-world production features. A novel hybrid intelligent optimization model, integrating a multi-objective memetic optimization process, a Monte Carlo simulation technique and a heuristic pruning technique, is proposed to handle this problem. Experiments based on industrial data are condu...

Resource allocation techniques have recently appeared as a widely recognized feature in LTE networks. Most of existing approaches in resource allocation focus on maximizing network’s utility functions. The great potential of utility function in improving resource allocation and enhancing fairness and mean opinion score (MOS) indexes has attracted large efforts over the last few years. In this p...