Efficient allocation of shelf space and product assortment can significantly improve a retailer's profitability. This paper addresses the problem from the perspective of an independent franchise retailer. A Category Management Decision Support Tool (CMDST) is proposed that efficiently generates...

A retail category management model that considers the interplay of optimal product assortment decisions, space allocation and inventory quantities is presented in this paper. Specifically, the proposed model maximizes the total net profit in terms of decision variables expressing product...

In this paper, we study the propagating properties of traffic flow on a ring road with no ramp. The numerical results show that the traffic flow on the ring road with no ramp can be divided into three traffic states and that the propagating property and proportion of each state, and the...