Purpose – The primary aim in this paper is to develop and demonstrate a theory of constraints (TOC) model in which constraint resource prevents the throughput of the organization. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors propose an integrated model by combining Laplace criterion and TOC into a single evaluation model in a multiproduct constraint resource environment. A case stud...

In this paper, we investigate the age minimization problem for a two-hop relay system, under resource constraint on average number of forwarding operations at relay. We first design an optimal policy by modelling considered scheduling as constrained Markov decision process (CMDP) problem. Based observed multi-threshold structure policy, then devise low-complexity double threshold relaying (DTR)...

Constraint-based techniques are frequently used in solving real-life scheduling problems thanks to natural modeling capabilities and strong constraint propagation techniques encoded within global constraints. In this paper we present new incremental propagation rules for shrinking time windows of activities allocated to a disjunctive resource. These rules use information about precedence constr...

Constraint-directed reasoning has emerged as a powerful problem-solving paradigm used widely in artificial intelligence applications. This paper explores the use of constraints as a foundation for real-time planning in complex domains. We describe the function of constraints as a mechanism for representing and working with domain knowledge in resource bounded agents, and examine the types and o...

Elliptic Curve Cryptography is gaining attraction in providing a high security level data transmission with low cost, small key size and smaller hardware realization. High-speed implementation significant factor ECC applications such as smart cards, network servers, wireless sensor based networks, Internet of Things Radio Frequency Identification. These require low-cost lightweight implementati...