This tutorial explains the basics of linear regression metamodels—especially low-order polynomials—and the corresponding statistical designs—namely, fractional factorial des...
In this paper we study a decentralized distribution supply chain with one supplier and many newsvendor-type retailers that face exogenous end-customer demands. Using total supply ...
In the last few years, the call center industry has considerably grown especially the outbound call center area, such as telemarketing. The productivity of the call centers has si...
Paulo J. de Freitas Filho, Geovani Ferreira da Cru...
A new approach for overcoming broken ergodicity in Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations of complex systems is described. The problem of broken ergodicity is often present i...
Modular construction has the advantage of producing structures quickly and efficiently, while not requiring the resources to build a structure to be co-located with the constructi...
Osama M. Mohsen, Paul J. Knytl, Basel Abdulaal, Ja...