By having a comprehensive look at the existent hospitals and health care centers of the country, it can be understood that some basic principles were not considered in a large number of the mentioned health care centers. ...

The aim of this paper is to present an efficient method for a rail freight car fleet sizing problem. This problem is modeled mathematically as a multi-period, dynamic and multi-objective, in which the rail freight wagons ...

This paper addresses a new product positioning problem, in which prices of the products are simultaneously determined in order to maximize both customer satisfaction and seller’s net profit. In this regard, customer ...

In this paper, a facility location problem of distribution systems, as one of the important and strategic issues in supply chain management, has been studied in a three-level supply chain under a stochastic condition. For ...

This paper introduces a new method for incorporating the performance of alternatives into their ultimate ranking in a linear assignment method. This method is one of multi-criteria decision-making methods, in which the ...

This paper develops a closed-loop supply chain including one manufacturer, one retailer and a third party, in which the manufacturer produces a product under appropriate quality and sells it through a retailer in the market. ...

Acute myocardial infarction is the most important reason of mortality in Iran. More than half of these deaths occur without the patient even reaching to a hospital. There is the evidence that patients with better knowledge ...

Supply chain network design decisions are among the strategic decisions of supply chain management which play significant role on the efficient performance of the supply chain. However, there are two challenging factors ...

In this article, decisions about price and stock allocation for a seller with multiple customer classes are analyzed. With each customer arrival, the seller needs to decide about accepting or rejecting the customer's demand ...

Risk management is one of the most important aspects of project management that identifies, assesses and responds to project risks. Although many papers have been published in project risk response, presented tools and ...