The application of a flight simulator with six Degree of Freedom (6DOF)) in design and analysis of rocket systems is essential. The calibration of a 6DOF flight simulator is a challenging problem. This paper focuses on the ...

Independence of observations is a fundamental assumption in designing an X chart for individual observations. But unfortunately, the assumption of existence of independent data is not even approximately satisfied. In fact, ...

The research on project scheduling has widely expanded over the last few decades. The vast majority of these research efforts focus on exact and suboptimal procedures for constructing a workable schedule, assuming complete ...

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are flexible computing frameworks and universal approximators that can be applied to a wide range of time series forecasting problems with a high degree of accuracy. However, despite of ...

In this paper, a hybrid method for limited resource allocation and leveling in complex multi-stage, multi-product and multi-period production planning problems with aim of lot-size determination and total cost minimization ...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a widely recognized approach for evaluating the efficiencies of decision making units (DMUs). Because of easy and successful application and case studies, DEA has gained much attention ...

Six Sigma methodology is one of the most famous effective problem solving approaches that helps organizations to achieve their goals. Despite the variety of its positive advantage, most companies have failed to implement ...

During the past decade in Iran, Information Technology (IT) has had a deep impact on economy. Many companies have invested on IT and it’s complementary. Despite a vast percentage of firm’s budget is spent on IT continues ...