The logistic network design is an abstract optimization problem that, under the assumption of minimal cost, seeks optimal configuration supply chain’s infrastructures and facilities based on customer demand. Key economic decisions are taken about location, number, size manufacturing warehouses solution. Therefore, improvements in methods to address this question, which known be NP-hard complexi...

this paper defines how a meta heuristic search engine called p.s.o can be used to maximize the objective function of a logistic regression model, describing the relationship between the response variable (product designs' score) and a set of explanatory variables (product design factors). at the first phase the processed data, classified and categorized, by kansie engineering is used as input t...

background: diabetes and hypertension are important non-communicable diseases and their prevalence is important for health authorities. the aim of this study was to determine the predictive precision of the bivariate logistic regression (lr) and artificial neutral network (ann) in concurrent diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed with 12000 ira...

This paper attempts to solve a comprehensive design problem for a spare part logistic system. The design factors encompass logistic network design, part vendor selection, and transportation modes selection. Two approaches to solve the problem were proposed. In Approach 1, we simultaneously considered all the design factors and proposed two algorithms (SGA-1 and TGA-1). In Approach 2, the design...

background: the purpose of this investigation was to compare empirically predictive ability of an artificial neu­ral network with a logistic regression in prediction of low back pain. methods: data from the second national health survey were considered in this investigation. this data in­cludes the information of low back pain and its associated risk factors among iranian people aged 15 years a...