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An efficient solution approach for combinatorial bandwidth packing problem with queuing delays
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)The Combinatorial bandwidth packing problem (CBPP), arising in a telecommunication network with limited bandwidth, is defined as: given a set of request, each with its potential revenue and consisting of calls with their ... -
Efficient solution of a class of location-allocation problems with stochastic demand and congestion
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Efficient Subsidisation of LPG: A Study of Possible Options in India Today (Based on a Report Commissioned by the Petroleum Federation of India)
(2009-09-01)The budget contained an announcement that the central government would actively explore the option of using an appropriate form of the ‘food stamps’ or an alternative scheme to improve the efficacy and reduce the cost of ... -
Egalitarian departures from the ideal point
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-11-01)In this paper we propose a new solution to bargaining or group decision problems, which requires an arbitrator to choose that point on the pareto frontier of the feasible set where losses in utility from the ideal point ... -
The egalitarian equivalent solution to bargaining problems in economic environments
(2010-03-25)In this paper we set up an analytical framework to study bargaining (or object division) problems in economic environments, propose some new solutions and study the egalitarian equivalent bargaining solution. This analysis ... -
Ego - strength as a moderator variable of the job performance - job satisfaction relationship
(2010-03-14)In this study an attempt was made to find out the critical influence of ego-strength on the job performance-job satisfaction relationship. The E-S Scale (Ego-Strength Scale) and the S-D Employee's Inventory were administered ... -
Electric vehicle scenarios and a roadmap for India
(IIM Ahmedabad, 2014-11) -
Electricity consumption scheduling with energy storage, home-based renewable energy production and a customized dynamic pricing scheme
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016)In this paper we propose a scheduling model for electrical appliances in a dynamic pricing environment. Initially we have given a vector of price points for the next twenty four hours. We have developed an optimization ... -
Elementary Proof in Rational Choice Theory Revisited
(2010-07-27)In this paper we prove a result which, apart from having independent interest, has found applications in recent mathematical economic literature of rational choice theory. The result states that if a two-dimensional demand ... -
Elements of a world class management school
(2010-07-27)This paper delineates the best practices that are commonly followed by world class management schools in their governance and pursuit of scholarly activities. It tries to highlight the processes required to become a world ... -
Elements of task definition shopping situations: a study in context of products high on haptic salience
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)Marketing literature has identified task definitions as one of the important situational influences. Task definition features of a situation include an intent or requirement to select, shop for, or obtain information about ... -
Elicitation of subjective probabilities in the context of decision-making
(2010-03-13)In this paper a framework is developed to seek information from the decision-maker about uncertain events, and to use this information for identifying a preferred alternative. Existing methods are examined critically to ... -
Elusive excellence (twelve thousand hours at an IIT: preparation for elusive excellence)
(2010-03-14)As under-graduate student at an elite technological institute like the IIT, spends anywhere upto 12 thousands academic hours over five years in the most formative years of his life. Since the pre-independence days there ... -
Emergence of a social change organization: a case study of Sidh
(2010-03-24)With an increasingly significant role being played by the voluntary sector in the country in addressing age-old problems of poverty, illiteracy and exploitation, there is a greater need to understand the processes of ... -
Emergence of pioneering-innovative entrepreneurship: a psychological model
(2010-03-14)A review of literature of entrepreneurship reveals that most researchers adopt a uni-dimensional approach to explain the phenomenon. This approach, however, has failed to offer consistent explanati of the phenomenon, ... -
Emergency medical service system design under service level constraints for heterogeneous patients
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)We study the problem of locating Emergency Medical Service (EMS) facilities in the presence of service level constraints for patients with acuity levels ranging from resuscitation to non-urgent. Each patient arriving at ... -
Emerging economic environment
(2010-03-14)This paper examines the likely developments on the industrial front on the basis of a diagnosis of recent economic developments. Special attention is paid to the possibility of an industrial recession emerging in 1975. The ... -
Emerging economic environment
(2010-03-19)This paper examines the likely developments on the industrial front on the basis of a diagnosis of recent economic developments. Special attention is paid to the possibility of an industrial recession emerging in 1975. The ... -
Emerging environment for business in India: a scenario
(2010-03-23)The environment for doing business in India has changed substantially in the last couple of years and is likely to change almost radically in the coming years. This paper discusses some of these changes and develops a ... -
Emotional intelligence
(2010-01-16)We, as individuals, would have often felt that there is something much more than our traditional intellect or IQ, which opens the golden gates of success. This paper has attempted to answer as to what is this something . ...