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This research considers coordination of pricing and scheduling decisions in a make-to-order environment. We consider a two machine flowshop environment. The objective is to maximize the total net profit, i.e. revenue minus scheduling cost resulting from pricing and scheduling decisions. Prices of orders are set by the manufacturer and demand is a non-increasing function of price. Two mixed integer linear programming models have been developed for the research problem. As the problem is shown to be NP-Hard, a Metaheuristic algorithm is developed which is combination of two tabu search sub algorithms, one for pricing and the other for scheduling. And to evaluate performance, results from... 

In this research, a new group of N2O2–azacrown macrocyclic ligands with different macroring size from 15 to 18 was synthesized using one-pot facile and high yield reaction. The products were characterized applying FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopies as well as elemental analysis. The single crystal structure of 18-membered macrocyclic ligand was also determined by x-ray crystallography. The crystallographic data showed such strong inter-molecular hydrogen bonding which excluded their nitrogen-donor groups, and initial investigation with UV-Vis spectroscopy shows no intraction with [60]fullerene, despite of presence of these interacrtions in their parent macrocycles. The result of Job’s... 

In this study a systematic effort was made to study and compare electrochemical oxidation behavior of iodide on Pt, carbon and carbon supported polyorthoaminophenol film electrodes. All of the electrochemical experiments were performed in acidic, basic and nuteral aqueous solutions and the applied electrochemical techniques included Chronoamperometry (CA) and Cyclic voltammetry (CV). Effects of concentration and scan rate of potential on the cyclic voltammetry of KI was studied at the previously mentioned electrodes. Current-time and log current-potential curves were analyezed quantitavely in order to determine kinetic parameters. Carbon supported polyorthoaminophenol electrode was prepared...