Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.328963
Yan Wang, Yin-zhang Guo, Jianchao Zeng
To the actuality of huge and complicated in logistics area, multi-agent technology is introduced into logistics in this paper. On the basis of analysis of multi-agent organizing, a hierarchical model of multi-agent-based logistics system is proposed. In this model, logistics system is divided into three layers: cooperation planning layer, scheduling decision layer and resource management layer. The function of each layer is also analyzed. And on this basis a hybrid architecture model of logistics system is given. The system can be more sensitive to the environment changing and as a result of that it can afford high quality service to logistics system and realize production increment
{"title":"A Study of Logistics System Model Based on Multi-Agent","authors":"Yan Wang, Yin-zhang Guo, Jianchao Zeng","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.328963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.328963","url":null,"abstract":"To the actuality of huge and complicated in logistics area, multi-agent technology is introduced into logistics in this paper. On the basis of analysis of multi-agent organizing, a hierarchical model of multi-agent-based logistics system is proposed. In this model, logistics system is divided into three layers: cooperation planning layer, scheduling decision layer and resource management layer. The function of each layer is also analyzed. And on this basis a hybrid architecture model of logistics system is given. The system can be more sensitive to the environment changing and as a result of that it can afford high quality service to logistics system and realize production increment","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115850895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.328919
C. Tian, Yan Zheng, Z. Jiang, Rongzeng Cao, Wei Sun, Wei Ding
Software as service (SaS) is an emerging business model for software sales and distribution. How pricing mechanism changed under such new business model is analyzed in this paper with principle-agent model. The analysis shows that cost structure and externality are two key differences between product and service pricing. Due to low marginal cost of SaS, consumers' affordability became a key determinant in SaS pricing. There may be free even pay-for-consuming service if externality is large enough. Consumer heterogeneity is also a key factor in software pricing. But numeric experiments show that the impact is heavily dependent on consumer type distribution
{"title":"Software as Service Pricing: a Game Theory Perspective","authors":"C. Tian, Yan Zheng, Z. Jiang, Rongzeng Cao, Wei Sun, Wei Ding","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.328919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.328919","url":null,"abstract":"Software as service (SaS) is an emerging business model for software sales and distribution. How pricing mechanism changed under such new business model is analyzed in this paper with principle-agent model. The analysis shows that cost structure and externality are two key differences between product and service pricing. Due to low marginal cost of SaS, consumers' affordability became a key determinant in SaS pricing. There may be free even pay-for-consuming service if externality is large enough. Consumer heterogeneity is also a key factor in software pricing. But numeric experiments show that the impact is heavily dependent on consumer type distribution","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115275465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.329073
C. Xiangdong, J. Zhicai
The impacts of the extra- and intra-institution elements on transaction costs of logistics firms are analyzed by the firm theories in neo-institutional economics. And the methods of economizing the costs in order to increase benefits of logistics firms are discussed in this paper. After the firm theories in neo-institutional economics are summarized, the economic reasons for the existence of logistics firms are explained by transaction costs theory. The analyzing model is put forward for discussing the factors influencing logistics enterprises. The allocation of the departments in the logistics firms is specified from following aspects: transaction costs, the regulation, the production factor market, and credit institutions. The effects of taxation system, information technology with its related policies, investing and financial institutions on transaction costs of logistics firms are analyzed in the paper. Some propositions are presented for authorities and logistics firms. Applying the theories to analyzing the logistics firms is very effective for management improvement and benefits increase
{"title":"Analyzing Institutions related to the Logistics Enterprises","authors":"C. Xiangdong, J. Zhicai","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.329073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.329073","url":null,"abstract":"The impacts of the extra- and intra-institution elements on transaction costs of logistics firms are analyzed by the firm theories in neo-institutional economics. And the methods of economizing the costs in order to increase benefits of logistics firms are discussed in this paper. After the firm theories in neo-institutional economics are summarized, the economic reasons for the existence of logistics firms are explained by transaction costs theory. The analyzing model is put forward for discussing the factors influencing logistics enterprises. The allocation of the departments in the logistics firms is specified from following aspects: transaction costs, the regulation, the production factor market, and credit institutions. The effects of taxation system, information technology with its related policies, investing and financial institutions on transaction costs of logistics firms are analyzed in the paper. Some propositions are presented for authorities and logistics firms. Applying the theories to analyzing the logistics firms is very effective for management improvement and benefits increase","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"255 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122501703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.328949
Liang Chen, Ling Jiang
This study propounds a theoretical model of relationship marketing in virtual community in China and the authors testify the model through structural equation modeling. The authors find that the sponsor's effort to foster member embeddedness has a significantly positive effect on community members' trust in the sponsor and loyalty to the sponsor. Meanwhile, the sponsor's efforts to provide quality content and keep the community Web site safe have a significantly positive effect on community members' trust in the sponsor, but the effort to encourage member interaction does not. The hypotheses that member loyalty and cooperation are outcomes of trust are also supported, and meanwhile, member loyalty has positive effect on member cooperation in virtual community. Marketing implications and further research directions are also discussed in the last section
{"title":"Relationship Marketing in Virtual Community: Antecedents and Consequences","authors":"Liang Chen, Ling Jiang","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.328949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.328949","url":null,"abstract":"This study propounds a theoretical model of relationship marketing in virtual community in China and the authors testify the model through structural equation modeling. The authors find that the sponsor's effort to foster member embeddedness has a significantly positive effect on community members' trust in the sponsor and loyalty to the sponsor. Meanwhile, the sponsor's efforts to provide quality content and keep the community Web site safe have a significantly positive effect on community members' trust in the sponsor, but the effort to encourage member interaction does not. The hypotheses that member loyalty and cooperation are outcomes of trust are also supported, and meanwhile, member loyalty has positive effect on member cooperation in virtual community. Marketing implications and further research directions are also discussed in the last section","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125659685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.329045
Yixue Li, Yu Xu, G. Feng, G. He
Determining appropriate loan-to-value ratios of commodity collateral can make banks mitigate credit risk of inventory financing effectively. Based on reduced-form approaches, this paper establishes a basic model on the determination of loan-to-value ratios. In this model, some factors, such as exogenous default probability, price volatility of commodity collateral, marking to market frequency and maturity time of loan, are considered synthetically, so the banks may determine the appropriate loan-to-value ratio of specific inventory financing operation to keep the level of taken risk consistent. Moreover, with the extensions for realistic implementation, this paper introduces time to capture, liquidity risk and non-zero trigger level into the basic model
{"title":"Research on Loan-to-value Ratios of Inventory Financing","authors":"Yixue Li, Yu Xu, G. Feng, G. He","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.329045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.329045","url":null,"abstract":"Determining appropriate loan-to-value ratios of commodity collateral can make banks mitigate credit risk of inventory financing effectively. Based on reduced-form approaches, this paper establishes a basic model on the determination of loan-to-value ratios. In this model, some factors, such as exogenous default probability, price volatility of commodity collateral, marking to market frequency and maturity time of loan, are considered synthetically, so the banks may determine the appropriate loan-to-value ratio of specific inventory financing operation to keep the level of taken risk consistent. Moreover, with the extensions for realistic implementation, this paper introduces time to capture, liquidity risk and non-zero trigger level into the basic model","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131330249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.329076
Y. Zhong, Qingdong Yu, Peng Wu, Guohong Wang
All the countries in the world have done enormous work on lawmaking, technical problems of recycling engineering, managerial problems of recycling and the building of recycling plants, which has played an active role in regulating and promoting the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. However, our country is still studying such system in the phase of a trial run, without considering recycling and processing as an entire system. Although the processing plants have been introduced, a recycling system is urgently needed to be set up. This thesis has put forward three applicable basic models in dealing with the recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment in the base of extended producer responsibility
{"title":"A Research into the Recycling System of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in China","authors":"Y. Zhong, Qingdong Yu, Peng Wu, Guohong Wang","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.329076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.329076","url":null,"abstract":"All the countries in the world have done enormous work on lawmaking, technical problems of recycling engineering, managerial problems of recycling and the building of recycling plants, which has played an active role in regulating and promoting the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. However, our country is still studying such system in the phase of a trial run, without considering recycling and processing as an entire system. Although the processing plants have been introduced, a recycling system is urgently needed to be set up. This thesis has put forward three applicable basic models in dealing with the recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment in the base of extended producer responsibility","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127681403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.329083
Zhou Hong, Wang Jian
An improved cooperative coevolutionary algorithm, which aims at solving job shop scheduling problem, is proposed in this paper. According to the number of machines, population is naturally divided into some subpopulations whose individuals encode the preference list of jobs. The proposed algorithm introduces steady-state reproduction to crossover and mutation operators, and inserts some new individuals to the subpopulation at some other generations, and uses the improved preference-list-based G&T algorithm to decode the whole solutions to calculate fitness by three types of cooperative partners, and adopts an innovative updating technique to speed up the convergence. The optimization results of numerical experiments have shown that, the proposed algorithm has outperformed traditional genetic algorithms and showed strong competition with other heuristics
{"title":"A Cooperative Coevolutionary Algorithm with Application to Job Shop Scheduling Problem","authors":"Zhou Hong, Wang Jian","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.329083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.329083","url":null,"abstract":"An improved cooperative coevolutionary algorithm, which aims at solving job shop scheduling problem, is proposed in this paper. According to the number of machines, population is naturally divided into some subpopulations whose individuals encode the preference list of jobs. The proposed algorithm introduces steady-state reproduction to crossover and mutation operators, and inserts some new individuals to the subpopulation at some other generations, and uses the improved preference-list-based G&T algorithm to decode the whole solutions to calculate fitness by three types of cooperative partners, and adopts an innovative updating technique to speed up the convergence. The optimization results of numerical experiments have shown that, the proposed algorithm has outperformed traditional genetic algorithms and showed strong competition with other heuristics","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"1126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122924228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.329085
D. Na, Dong-Won Kim, Wooseung Jang, F. F. Chen
This paper addresses the batch scheduling problem of unrelated parallel machines attempting to minimize the total weighted tardiness. Identical or similar jobs are typically processed in batches to decrease setup and/or processing times. Local dispatching rules such as the earliest weighted due date, the shortest weighted processing time, and the earliest weighted due date with a process utilization spread are tailored to the batch scheduling requirements. Based on the features of batch scheduling, a two-level batch scheduling framework is suggested. Existing heuristics, which show excellent performance in terms of total weighted tardiness for the single machine scheduling, such as the modified earliest due date rule and the modified cost over time rule, are extended for the problem. The simulated annealing algorithm as a meta-heuristic is also presented to obtain near optimal solutions. The proposed heuristics are compared through computational experiments with data from the dicing process of a compound semiconductor manufacturing facility
{"title":"Scheduling unrelated parallel machines to minimize total weighted tardiness","authors":"D. Na, Dong-Won Kim, Wooseung Jang, F. F. Chen","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.329085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.329085","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the batch scheduling problem of unrelated parallel machines attempting to minimize the total weighted tardiness. Identical or similar jobs are typically processed in batches to decrease setup and/or processing times. Local dispatching rules such as the earliest weighted due date, the shortest weighted processing time, and the earliest weighted due date with a process utilization spread are tailored to the batch scheduling requirements. Based on the features of batch scheduling, a two-level batch scheduling framework is suggested. Existing heuristics, which show excellent performance in terms of total weighted tardiness for the single machine scheduling, such as the modified earliest due date rule and the modified cost over time rule, are extended for the problem. The simulated annealing algorithm as a meta-heuristic is also presented to obtain near optimal solutions. The proposed heuristics are compared through computational experiments with data from the dicing process of a compound semiconductor manufacturing facility","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121149813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.328950
Zhuanghui, Gaosong
The existing literatures on brand equity are from the consumer perspective. This paper describes a more complete research framework of brand equity that is built based on not only the consumer but also the ability. This paper proposes a concept that brand equity is a function of the levels of consumer-based brand equity and ability-based brand equity. Ability-based brand equity is the comprehensive effects of four factors including innovation ability, learning ability, controlling ability and brand culture cultivating ability that determine the evolution direction of consumer-based brand equity. This paper also put forward a CBBE-ABBE matrix for analyzing the growth mechanics of brand equity as well as the developing path of a brand
{"title":"Brand Equity Management Based on Ability","authors":"Zhuanghui, Gaosong","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.328950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.328950","url":null,"abstract":"The existing literatures on brand equity are from the consumer perspective. This paper describes a more complete research framework of brand equity that is built based on not only the consumer but also the ability. This paper proposes a concept that brand equity is a function of the levels of consumer-based brand equity and ability-based brand equity. Ability-based brand equity is the comprehensive effects of four factors including innovation ability, learning ability, controlling ability and brand culture cultivating ability that determine the evolution direction of consumer-based brand equity. This paper also put forward a CBBE-ABBE matrix for analyzing the growth mechanics of brand equity as well as the developing path of a brand","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126563179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-06-21DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2006.329040
Shiyan Chang, Qizong Wu
Supply chain coordination with contract has played an important role in achieving optimal performance. Unlike traditional push contract, pull contract allows a retailer to stock nothing through pulling inventory risk to supplier who in turn takes in charge of inventory. The paper developed an analysis of pull contract model, and explored some characteristics of optimal quantity and supply chain performance. It was found that the pull contract subsidized by buy back contract can coordinate supply chain, and the buy back price can serve as the key parameter to achieve the cooperative coordination
{"title":"Supplier as a Newsvendor: An Analysis of Pull Contract","authors":"Shiyan Chang, Qizong Wu","doi":"10.1109/SOLI.2006.329040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOLI.2006.329040","url":null,"abstract":"Supply chain coordination with contract has played an important role in achieving optimal performance. Unlike traditional push contract, pull contract allows a retailer to stock nothing through pulling inventory risk to supplier who in turn takes in charge of inventory. The paper developed an analysis of pull contract model, and explored some characteristics of optimal quantity and supply chain performance. It was found that the pull contract subsidized by buy back contract can coordinate supply chain, and the buy back price can serve as the key parameter to achieve the cooperative coordination","PeriodicalId":325318,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127072160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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