We study the problems associated with allocating berths for containerships in the port of Seville. It is the only inland port in Spain and it is located on the Guadalquivir River. This paper addresses the berth allocation planning problems using simulation and optimisation with Arena software. We propose a mathematical model and develop a heuristic procedure based on genetic algorithm to solve ...

in this paper, a new hybrid model has been proposedfor the loans allocation of banking investment projects. in this model, firstlyuncertainty in the cash flows parameters of projects is simulated usingprobability distributions. the statistical analysis about the indexes ofengineering economic is used for the elimination of non-economical projects.secondly, remained projects are ranked based on ...

Budget allocation is a common task carried in our daily life. As it seems to be necessary to perform this task in an ideal manner this paper mainly deals with budget allocation problem. The main key feature of this work is that it uses a mathematical programming technique Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for formulating a proper model for capital budget allocation. This formulation is based on t...

policy makers have taken into less consideration the market mechanism in the allocation of water resources, contrary to its long role and precedent in allocation goods and resources. the market mechanism is used in many regions of world for water management to increase the water scarcity certainly, but historical form of acquiring water resources didn’t lead to a proper market so economic price...

This paper takes a closer look on control design in batch processes and points out possibilities to use formal mathematical methods for control synthesis. The control synthesis process is divided into two parts: static and dynamic resource allocation. Both design activities require information about different aspects of the system and hence, different models. Suitable models for these resource ...

This paper presents a conceptual framework and a mathematical formulation for software resource allocation and project selection at the level of software skills. First, we introduce a skill-based framework that considers universities, software companies, and potential projects of a country. Based on this framework, we formulate a linear integer program PMax which determines the selection of pro...

The division of labor (DOL) and task allocation among groups of ants living in a colony is thought to be highly efficient, and key to the robust survival of a colony. A great deal of experimental and theoretical work has been done toward gaining a clear understanding of the evolution of, and underlying mechanisms of these phenomena. Much of this research has utilized mathematical modeling. Here...

Population games have become a powerful tool for solving resource-allocation problems in a distributed manner, and for the design of non-centralized optimization-based controllers. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the advantages of two recently introduced population-game approaches in comparison to other classical optimization methods. More specifically, the discussion is mainly devoted t...

Cloud computing is considered to be a new service provider technology for users and businesses. However, the cloud environment is facing a number of challenges. Resource allocation in a way that is optimum for users and cloud providers is difficult because of lack of data sharing between them. On the other hand, job scheduling is a basic issue and at the same time a big challenge in reaching hi...

In this article, we propose a semi-distributed resource allocation framework for the resource optimization in multicell uplink cooperative orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems. Specifically, we model the resource allocation framework as an optimal problem. This optimization problem is divided into two steps. First, using integer programming, we achieve the joint relay selection an...