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Analytic approach to the non-pre-emptive Markovian priority queue
A new approach is developed for the joint queue-length distribution of the two-level non-pre-emptive M/M/ c (i.e. Markovian) priority queue that...
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Managing surgical waiting lists through dynamic priority scoring
Prioritising elective surgery patients under the Australian three-category system is inherently subjective due to variability in clinician decision...
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Integrated DANP and binary goal programming model in generating joint-decision making for packaging postponement and supplier selection
This article explores the application of goal programming (GP) for improving tactical decision-making in supply chains. GP demonstrates flexibility...
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Minimizing the expected waiting time of emergency jobs
We consider a scheduling problem where a set of known jobs needs to be assigned to a set of given parallel resources such that the expected waiting...
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Tail asymptotics for the \(M_1,M_2/G_1,G_2/1\) retrial queue with non-preemptive priority
Stochastic networks with complex structures are key modelling tools for many important applications. In this paper, we consider a specific type of...
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Two commodity perishable queueing inventory system with random common lifetime of commodities and positive lead time
In this paper, we consider a two commodity queueing inventory system with random common lifetimes for each commodity, positive service time, positive...
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Content Analysis of the Economic Problems of Covid-19 Disease on Businesses: A Case Study of Tehran Province, Iran
The outbreak of coronavirus in Iran, as in other countries of the world, has had a great impact on the domestic economy, which needs to be...
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Medical QoS provisioning for multi-class data in coexisting wireless body area networks
Increase in the popularity of non-invasive health monitoring systems has led to the large deployment of dedicated access points (APs) in a medical...
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Changing Board Culture
Reforming board culture is essential if we are to see improvements in corporate governance and board performance. There are high-quality codes of...
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Considering Project Management Activities for Engineering Design Groups
This paper explores the topic of benefit-augmenting project planning. Accept that an array of potentially beneficial activities is available, but...
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The relevance of goal programming for financial portfolio management: a bibliometric and systematic literature review
Goal programming models have been highly relevant for portfolio management and selection due to their ability to handle multiple conflicting...
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Stochastic approach for channel selection in cognitive radio networks using optimization techniques
Secondary Users (SU) are guided by Cognitive Radio Device in identifying a channel licensed to Primary Users (PU) when it is free. Whenever PU...
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Estimating the innovation benefits of first-mover and second-mover strategies when micro-businesses adopt artificial intelligence and machine learning
Digital technologies have the potential to transform all aspects of firms’ operations. The emergence of advanced digital technologies such as...
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The Political Climate in Sri Lanka
The island nation of Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, is located in the Indian Ocean, and is divided from peninsular India by the Palk...
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Multi-Objective Optimization: Methods and Applications
Multi-objective optimizationMulti-Objective Optimization is concerned with finding solutions to a decision problem with multiple, normally...
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Corporate Governance: An Introduction
Broad understanding of Corporate Governance, its Models and Principles No company can sustain for long without proper...
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Improving Prevention and Diagnostics in Tax Control
This chapter discusses the possibilities for improving tax control through the development of control diagnostics and preventive control functions....
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Building Effective Sustainable Agriculture Policy: Conclusions
This chapter concludes the analysis of the book. It builds on the quantitative analyses in the previous chapters and the comparison of agricultural...
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Customer Analytics and Insight
In this chapter, we define the analytics and insight CE sub-capability. The common use of terms such as ‘insight’, ‘analytics’ and ‘business...
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Footloose and fancy-free in FinTech? Internationalization strategies of born regional and born global firms in the European financial service sector
Due to economic globalization and technological advancements, businesses are increasingly required to navigate complex international markets. One...