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In this research, a pricing-inventory model with multiple interdependent products and stochastic demand is studied. In the relevant literature, there are many researches that are related to optimize the inventory or price independently and also optimizing joint inventory and pricing for single product. But joint optimization of inventory and pricing for multiple interdependent products is relatively new and still there are many potential research gaps in this area. We develop the model with additive and multiplicative demand uncertainty. Then we develop a genetic algorithm and tune its parameters to solve the models. We investigate the efficiency of proposed GA. Results were relatively good.... 

In Li batteries, lithium ions are exchanged between two electrodes, along with the accompaning electron transfer to maintain riability good ionic conductivities and electrolytes stability are achived through additives to the electrolyte. Such matrial should possess good anions acceptability. This work investigates the potential of aza-ethers in this regard. The softness criteris is basically employed. DFT calculation for selected molecules of different size, substituents and interacting atoms are used to correlate softness, electrophilicity, Fukui no, etc to the usefulness of the corresponding matrials  

Reviewing trends of energy consumption in the world reveals that sooner or later energy resources will be depleted. This concerning rate of consumption has brought about more greenhouse gases (GHG) emission influencing deleteriously on environment and climate. Human has continued energy consumption to maintain and improve the quality of his life through industrial production. Industry as a significant energy user owns considerable contribution to this consumption. Several attempts have been carried out to develop energy management systems in order to improve the energy efficiency of industrial sectors. Whilst they are comprehensive and could be applied to any sector, there is lack of... 

The ability to diagnose a disease rapidly, non-invasively, with high confidence level and low cost can be of great importance in many ways such as 'detection and on-time conduction of remedial strategies. Hence It can reduce fatality rate and costs in the hygiene field. Currently some pathological diagnosis methods are not suitable considering their precision and costs and in addition to that, most of them are single-function and are developed for diagnosis of a particular disease and don't perform well in the case of multiple disease factors. Many diseases are caused by metabolic disorders and thus direct study of metabolic factors can provide us with a lot of evidence on the disease. One... 

Due to the increase in greenhouse gases in earth’s atmosphere in recent years and its devastating environmental outcomes, there has been an increase in research trying to reduce these gases especially CO2. Flue gas is one of the most important sources of CO2 emission. Among the many techniques of removal, capturing and CO2 separation from flue gas, physical adsorption by a solid adsorbent is considered as a suitable and economic option. Among the solid adsorbent that are used for adsorption of CO2, Metal-Organic frameworks have many interesting features such as high specific surface area and high internal free volume. Among the Metal-Organic frameworks, MIL-53 (Al) and MIL-101 (Cr) are two... 

The behavior of boundary layer under the effect of the sweep angle is considered. The measurements were performed by a pitot tube rake. Three models with various sweep angels at angles of attack -2, 0 and 2 degree were tested. Both tip and root of all wings were closed by flat plates in order to prevent the flow to roll-up. However the flow field on the wing was still three-dimensional because of the sweep angle. The velocity on the wing has two components; longitudinal and lateral. The cross flow emerges due to the non-equilibrium of pressure and centrifugal forces. The velocity profiles showed that the magnitude of cross flow was stronger near the leading edge of the wing. The cross flow... 

This research attempts to develop the optimal solution for an inventory problem consisting of a single machine which produces items some of which may be defective. We assume that no shortages are allowed and all defective items are to be reworked. Setup cost for rework and waiting time of defectives are considered. This research consists of two different parts. In the first part we consider two different policies where in the first policy in each cycle after the regular production the machine is setup for the rework of defectives of the same cycle. In the second policy several cycles constitute a period. All the defectives produced in the period are reworked in the last cycle of that period.... 

Energy harvesters are used in today’s Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to harvest the energy from the environment. One of the important advantages of the energy harvesting sensor networks over battery-operated sensor networks is that the use of the energy harvester prolongs the life time of the nodes, while a battery-operated node becomes useless once its energy runs out. Although an energy harvester can provide a supply source with a lifetime much greater than a battery, the amount of available energy for an energy harvesting system is a random variable and is not as predictable as the energy of a battery. This unpredictability may cause reliability problems. In order to solve the existing... 

Wireless Sensor Networks have become widespread because of their flexibility, applicability and ability to precept data with high accuracy. However, the most limiting factor in their usage is the amount of available energy in nodes since energy depletion in a node means that it is dead, therefore many efforts have been done for optimum energy management in Wireless Sensor Networks. In many cases, the key solution to prolong the network lifetime is load balancing. In this way, all the nodes will die (approximately) together and the lifetime of network will be maximized. Load balancing can be implemented in all layers from physical layer to application. It should be noted that it is not always... 

The competitiveness of a port convinced shipping lines and shippers with a significant basis in selecting a port. Port authorities and port operators can make use of the competitive advantage as a parameter for counter measures by grasping the advantages and disadvantages of the ports and be a prime factor of opportunities and threats of the ports. Ports have a significant role in today’s networked business environment. They are being regarded as hubs that are part of various logistic systems. The very essence of a seaport is to link maritime networks and land network. These networks for the port are means of analyzing its competitiveness. A port overall competitiveness is determined by it’s... 

Concrete is the second most structural material in the world. So attention and promotion of the concrete mix design with respect to variable issues and requirements, is very important. On the other hand, these days environment and its pollution has become very popular discussion. Waste-glass which is produced by human products is one of the environmental pollutants. In this thesis it replaces some aggregate in concrete and it can reduce the level of this material in the world. Also we study effects of silica-fume as cement replacement and properties enhancer in our concrete mix design and see how it can ... 

In recent decades the use of FRP materials for strengthening structures has been developed extensively, thanks to their high strength, sufficient stiffness, high durablity, and ease of use. A great deal of research has been conducted on strengthening reinforced concrete beams and columns with FRP composites. By contrast, not many researches are performed on slabs, especially two-way slabs. In these few researches, the loading and boundary conditions are limited to simplest ones. Therefore, in this thesis, the focus of attention is on strengthening reinforced concrete slabs under various loads and boundary conditions using FRP composites.
In this thesis, first, FRP composites and their... 

Supplier selection is a strategic decision that has a key impact on the success of the supply chain. Due to the nature of goods and storage conditions in the cold supply chain has a great impact on environmental pollution compared to other chains, and it also has the possibility of disrupting the chain due to the importance of temperature and time conditions. Currently, due to the spread of international pressures on the observance of environmental and social principles, the issue of choosing a sustainable supplier has been raised. Also, the expansion of supply chains has caused the challenges and risks faced by supply chains to expand and disrupt the chain, so the decision of supply chain... 

Reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls with a curved cross-section are appealing structural elements to architects and engineers due to the aesthetic and structural advantages. Owing to the paucity of decent experimental research on curved RC shear walls (CRCSWs), the seismic response of these structural elements is essentially unknown. In that regard, this study includes research on a high-demanding type of structural element, which has found its application in North America, Europe, Asia, and to some extent in the Middle East with relatively no design specifications and laboratory research, structural analysis, and design methodology. Therefore, in order to provide an insight into the...