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Permutation flowshop scheduling with earlines and tradiness penalties
(2010-01-16)The permutation flowshop scheduling problem with earliness and tardiness penalties (E/T) and common due date of jobs. Large number of process and discrete parts industries flow flowshop type of production process. There ... -
Restructuring Gujarat Electricity Board: outline of a strategy and proposal for action
(2010-01-16)This note argues that the GEB needs to be restructured urgently. The principal challenge is really to overcome that major agency problem that results in leakage of enormous revenue. Plugging the leakages alone would make ... -
Quasitransitivity and monotonic preference for freedom
(2010-01-16)We consider a finite universal set of alternatives and the set of all feasible sets are simply the set of all non-empty subsets of this universal set. A choice function assigns to each feasible set a non-empty subset of ... -
From the globalised Southwest effect in aviation to "democratised development"
(2010-01-16)In the national quest for competitive advantage two basic forces may be crucial. On the one hand, progressive corporations invest in inimitability (the so-called institutional effect). Simultaneously, in the interests of ... -
Organizations of the future
(2010-01-16)The paper " The Organizations of the Future " explores the movement of organizations in India the past to the organization of the future. The last five decades Indian organizations have moved from- 1. An ancient civilization ... -
Threshold and median rank solutions for transitive abstract games
(2010-01-16)In this paper we consider solutions defined on the class of transitive games. A solution is said to be a threshold solution, if for every subgame there exists an alternative such that the solution set for the subgame ... -
Economies of scale and scope of district central co-operative banks
(2010-01-16)The paper is divided into 6 sections. Section 2 briefly reviews the application of various methodologies in examining the cost attributes of multi product banking firms. Section e describes the methodology employed and the ... -
Consequence of chernoff and outcasting and solutions for abstract games
(2010-01-16)The purpose of this paper is to prove by induction the theorem (in Aizerman and Malishevski [1981]) that a choice function which satisfies Chernoffs axiom and Outcasting can always by expressed as the union of the solution ... -
Institution of agricultural extension in the new socio-economic order: some issues and hypotheses
(2010-01-16)This paper has presented an economist s perspective to the institution of agricultural extension and raised some issues that have recently assumed importance. Focusing on three main components of the extension system the ... -
Axiomatic characterizations of some solutions for abstract games
(2010-01-16)An abiding problem in choice theory has been one of characterizing those choice functions which are obtained as a result of some kind of optimization. Specifically, the endeavour has concentrated largely on finding a binary ... -
Decision - oriented market information system for forest and agro-forest products in India
(2010-01-16)There has been a sharp rise in the demand and prices of forest and agro-forest products in India. Yet many agencies report large unsold stocks of different products. Large processors are unable to get sufficient quantities ... -
Abstract games admitting stable solutions
(2010-01-16)An abiding problem in choice theory has been one of characterizing those choice functions which are obtained as a result of some kind of optimization. Specifically, the endeavour has concentrated largely on finding a binary ... -
One dimensional kakutani's fixed point theorem: a classroom capsule
(2010-01-16)A feature of the study of such problems which is difficult to miss is that there is a clear dichotomy between the analytical methodology concerning the study of problems of fair division of just one commodity and the ... -
Stock return seasonality in the emerging Malaysian market
(2010-01-16)This study investigates the existence of seasonality in Malaysia's stock market. The study uses the monthly return data of the Kula Lumpur Stock Exchange's two indices - Composite Index and EMAS Index. After examining the ... -
Macroeconomic performance and tax revenue the case of gujarat state
(2010-01-16)It is hypothesised that the tax revenues of a state economy would be sensitive to the macroeconomic performance of the state economy measured in terms of inflation and the growth of real income. The case of Gujarat state ... -
Public expenditure accountability in the telecom sector
(2010-01-16)The telecom sector has seen much change during the past two decades. At first, it was the opening up of the equipment manufacturing sector, followed by the corporatisation of the government owned entities, Videsh Sanchar ... -
Uncovered choice functions
(2010-01-16)An abiding problem in choice theory has been one of characterizing those choice function which are obtained as a result of some kind of optimization. Specifically, the endeavour has concentrated largely on finding a binary ... -
Note on characterising the median
(2010-01-16)Consider the situation where one has to choose one among three differently priced birthday cakes, to give to a friends. It is very likely, that in the absence of strong personal reasons, one would select the cake whose ... -
Women at the workplace - the journey of three generations of women
(2010-01-16)Women at the Workplace- The Journey of Three Generations of Women', is based on interviews conducted by the authors of a broad cross-section of women in leadership positions, middle management levels as well as women ... -
Data-correcting algorithm for the maximization of submodular functions: a multilevel search in the hasse diagram
(2010-01-16)The Data Correcting Algorithm (DCA) is a recursive branch and bound type algorithm, in which the data of a given instance is heuristically corrected at each branching in such a way that the new instance will be as close ...