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THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE GROWTH FOR CANADIAN TRADE WITH JAPAN IN LIGHT OF THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES; TRENDS IN THE JAPANESE MARKET, THE U.S.-JAPAN TRADE DISPUTE, AND THE INCREASING PROMINENCE OF JAPANESE CORPORATIONS IN RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ASIA. WHILE JAPAN'S MARKET IS LIKELY TO BECOME MORE OPEN AS DEREGULATION PROCEEDS, ITS CHANGING INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE WILL INCREASINGLY DEMAND GOODS WHICH CANADA IS ILL-POSITIONED TO PROVIDE. U.S.-JAPAN TRADE FRICTION PROVIDES JAPAN WITH A CONSTANT TEMPTATION TO SHOW INFORMAL PREFERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY EVERY U.S. SUCCESS IN OBTAINING FORMAL CONCESSIONS THROUGH BILATERAL USE OF THREATS UNDERMINES THE RULE-BASED TRADING REGIME IN WHICH MEDIUM-SIZED OPEN ECONOMIES SUCH AS CANADA DEPEND. ASIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH WILL PRESENT NEW CHALLENGE TO CANADIAN FIRMS EVEN TO RETAIN THEIR EXISTING SALES AS JAPANESE FIRMS SHIFT PRODUCTION OFFSHORE.

AbstractThis paper deals with the problem of finding the optimal dynamic operating policy for an M/M/S queue. The system is observed periodically, and at the beginning of each period the system controller selects the number of service units to be kept open during that period. The optimality criterion used is the total discounted cost over a finite horizon.