Performance-based contracting is reshaping service support supply chains in capital intensive industries such as aerospace and defense. Known as Power by the Hour in the private s...
Multiproduct pipelines permit to transport large volumes of a wide range of refined petroleum products from major supply sources to distribution centers near market areas. Batches...
The routing of a fleet of vehicles to service a set of customers is important in the field of distribution. Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP) arise in many real-life applications wit...
Social insect societies and more specifically ant colonies, are distributed systems that, in spite of the simplicity of their individuals, present a highly structured social organi...
TCP congestion control 9] is designed for network stability, robustness and opportunistic use of network bu er and bandwidth resources on an end-to-end per-connection basis. Upon ...