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Title: BULLWHIP EFFECT IN PRICING IN VARYING SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURES AND CONTRACTS USING A GAME THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Author: Adnan, Ziaul Haq
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Industrial engineering, Operations research, Commerce
Description: Bullwhip effect in Pricing (BP) refers to the amplified variability of prices in a supply chain. When the amplification takes place from the upstream (i.e. supplier’s side) towards the downstream (i.e. retail side) of a supply chain, this is refer...

Title: COMPETITIVE STORE CLOSING DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING APPROACH
Author: Mayadunne, Sanjaya
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Operations research
Description: A game theoretic mixed integer program model is introduced to determine optimal store closing decisions in a competitive market. The model considers the case of two rival firms seeking to downsize operations in a region. Both firms are looking to ...

Title: Continue, quit, restart probability model and related problems
Author: Steinberg, Constantine
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Operations research, Mathematics
Description: We discuss a new class of applied probability models. There is a system whose evolution is described by a Markov chain with known transition matrix in a discrete state space. At each moment of a discrete time a decision maker can apply one of thre...

Title: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING JOINT DYNAMIC AMBULANCE RELOCATION AND FLEXIBLE DISPATCHING STRATEGIES: A SIMULATION-OPTIMIZATION APPROACH
Author: Li, Xun
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Operations research, Information technology, Business
Description: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system's mission is to provide timely and effective treatment to anyone in need of urgent medical care throughout their jurisdiction. The main goal of most EMS deployment is to reduce mortality, disability, pain an...

Title: DIGITAL PIRACY: AN ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMER PIRACY RISK AND OPTIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION STRATEGIES
Author: Jeong, Bong
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Operations research, Information technology
Description: Digital piracy and the emergence of new distribution channels have changed the dynamics of supply chain coordination and created many interesting problems. There has been increased attention to understanding the phenomenon of consumer piracy behav...

Title: DYNAMIC ENERGY DISTRIBUTION IN SMART GRIDS ENABLED BY INTERNET OF THINGS SENSORS AND HYBRID TELECOM NETWORKS
Author: Bikmetov, Ravil
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Power resources, Operations research
Description: ABSTRACTRAVIL BIKMETOV. Dynamic Energy Distribution in Smart Grids Enabled by Internet of Things Sensors and Hybrid Telecom Networks. (Under the direction of DR. YASIN RAJA)Ability to manage energy consumption and generation is a major feature of ...

Title: Disruptions in Supply Chain: An Agent-Based Model Simulation To Measure Resiliency and Performance During Disasters
Author: Brewer, Laura
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management, Operations research
Description: Supply chain disruptions have been a major concern in businesses and society. Our goal is to study these disruptions and analyze ways to mitigate their effects. To do so, we propose an agent-based model simulation. In our model, we consider the fo...

Title: Emergency Medical Services Demand Forecasting: Modern Machine Learning Approaches For Producing Short-Term Spatiotemporal Estimations
Author: Martin, Richard
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Operations research, Information technology
Description: Emergency medical services (EMS); commonly referred to as ambulance, paramedic or pre-hospital emergency services, are a critical component in the delivery of urgent medical care to communities. EMS agencies, the organizations responsible for prov...

Title: FLEXIBLE PLANNING METHODS AND PROCEDURES WITH FLEXIBILITY REQUIREMENTS PROFILE
Author: Demirel, Edil
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Industrial engineering, Operations research
Description: Uncertainties in supply and/or demand combined with rolling horizon planning necessitate flexibility in a dynamic production planning process. In rolling horizon planning, production plans are revised when new information becomes available after t...

Title: Modeling and Optimization of Demand-Side and Supply-Side Energy Management in Electricity Markets
Author: Vatani, Behdad
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Power resources, Operations research
Description: An energy management system (EMS) is a system designed for owners of generation companies (GenCos), operators of electricity markets and electric utility grids, as well as consumers and aggregators to monitor, control, and optimize the performance...

Title: OPTIMAL STRATEGIES IN "LOCKS, BOMBS AND TESTING" (LBT) PROBLEM FOR THE CASE OF INDEPENDENT PROTECTION
Author: Liu, Li
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics, Statistics, Operations research
Description: This thesis constructs a Defense/Attack resource allocation model. Defender uses "locks" to protect their boxes from Attacker, and Attacker uses "bombs" to destroy as many boxes as possible. The first models of such type were given by E. Borel (19...

Title: Stochastic and fuzzy flexible aggregate production planning to manage plan stability
Author: Torabzadeh, Setareh
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Operations research
Description: Aggregate production planning generally deals with configuration of an aggregate plan in advance of 6 to 18 periods (e.g. months) to give the organizations an idea about the amount of invested money, utilized capacity, required inventory and any o...

Title: THE ROLE OF COMPLEXITY WITHIN INTELLIGENT DECISION AIDS ON USER RELIANCE: AN EXTENSION OF THE THEORY OF TECHNOLOGY DOMINANCE
Author: Williams, Bradley
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Operations research, Information science
Description: A decision aid only works if used within the decision-making process. As computational power and data storage become more accessible across industries, reliance on intelligent decision aids, those with embedded decision-making technologies, will b...