This paper presents a general cost model and the methods of solution for determining the optimum combination of capacities of the production facilities of a steady-state production system. The model is applied to the practical problem of finding the optimum combination of capacities of the...

Design, development, implementation and operation of a short-term blood inventory level forecast system is described. The primary purpose of the forecast system is to alert blood center management to the short-term inventory level of blood supplies so that they can take corrective notion to...