Supply Chain Network Design Using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Algorithm

a supply chain is a complex network which involves the products, services and information flows between suppliers and customers, get the desired combination of low cost and high quality. cooperating w...

Application of Markov Chains in Manufacturing Systems: A Review

manufacturing is an essential aspect to the global economy and prosperity. many manufacturing systems operate in an uncertain environment which affects the system performance. production planning is v...

Robust Optimization of Routing Robot for Prediction, Estimation and Target Trajectory Based on Bat Algorithm

mobile robots have a wide range of applications in the industry. it is necessary and necessary to determine its errors in parametric and non-parametric indeterminate conditions, as well as to provide ...

Assessing and Validating Bank Customers Using Data Mining Algorithms for Loan Home

all over the world, the banking industry is one of the most important pillars of any country's economy and due to the provision of various financial and credit services, it plays a decisive ...

Utilization of AHP and MCDM Integrated Methods in Urban Project Management (a Case Study for Eslamshahr-Tehran)

project management is considered as one of the most important indicators of project management in civil projects that has tried to take into consideration the different managerial, social, operational...

Practical Methods to Forecast the Actual Completion Date of the Project

one of the most important issues for stakeholders, managers, and the entire body of the project is to know the actual completion date of the project. lack of knowledge of this subject and lack of fami...

Homogenizing Schedule Performance Index (SPI) in Construction Projects

schedule performance index (spi) is one of the earned value method indicators for assessing a project performance schedule. the problem with this index while actual implementation of project for measu...

Firefly Algorithm (FA) for Solving Extended Fuzzy Portfolio Selection Problem

portfolio selection problem is generally a nonlinear programming which has been solved by a variety of heuristic and non-heuristic techniques. this paper presents a novel heuristic method for solving ...

Airport Situations and Games with Grey Uncertainty

in this work, we deal with airport situations where the costs of the pieces of the runway are given by grey numbers. in this context, we expand the baker-thompson rule as a solution concept. some prop...

Assessing the Performance of Branches of Refah Bank in Tehran Province by Combining Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Algorithms in Fuzzy Conditions

the main purpose of this study was to assess the performance of branches of refah bank in tehran. the study is a descriptive survey with regard to methodology and nature. reviewing the theoretical lit...

Optimization of Minimum Spanning Tree and Traveling Salesman Problems Arising in a University Campus Network

the network problem of a university campus is investigated in this study. the facilities such as departments, administration buildings, dormitory and etc. on the network are considered as the nodes. t...

A Linear Programming DEA Model for Selecting a Single Efficient Unit

in recent years, several mixed integer linear programming (milp) models have been proposed for finding the most efficient decision-making unit (dmu) in data envelopment analysis. this paper introduces...

Design and Development of Multipurpose Shoeshine Chair

the paper is proposed to design and develop a multipurpose shoeshine chair which can be used in shoe shining. the design incorporates all features of shoe shining which include seat, leg rest, and sho...