Management decision making

Manufacturing systems work with scarce resources in dynamic environments.

This book deals with dynamic and stochastic methods for multi-project planning.

Queueing theory (the mathematical theory of waiting lines in all its configurations) continues to be a standard major area of operations research on the stochastic side.

In clear, readable language, consultant and researcher Kevin Desouza accomplishes an unlikely feat: explaining artificial intelligence to nonspecialists, in a way that experts will recognize and accept as correct and immediately applicable.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of recent developments in production planning.

The Second Edition of this book presents the state of the art in this important field.

This work aims to increase the service level and to reduce the inventory costs by combining the forecast and inventory model into one consistent forecast-based inventory model.

This book introduces the reader to the field of multiobjective optimization through problems with simple structures, namely those in which the objective function and constraints are linear.

In this book Professor Beckmann, with considerable ingenuity, offers a mathematical analysis of productive organizations in the widest sense.

Optimization problems in practice are diverse and evolve over time, giving rise to - quirements both for ready-to-use optimization software packages and for optimization software libraries, which provide more or less adaptable building blocks for app- cation-specific software systems.

The hands-on playbook for transforming your business with today's most radically effective leadership thinking In The Phoenix Encounter Method, a dream team of INSEAD professors together with the legendary Ram Charan and provided a radical new game plan for transforming any organization.

The Element introduces readers to the basic understanding of paradoxes, how they are framed, experienced differently, managed, and studied.

Data warehouses have captured the attention of practitioners and researchers alike.

Popular culture can help us think creatively and teach us the best ways to use our imagination.

This volume provides approaches and solutions to challenges occurring at the interface of research fields such as, e.

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In this volume consideration was given to more advanced theoretical approaches and novel applications of reliability to ensure that topics having a futuristic impact were specifically included.

This book outlines the latest trends in the use of multicriteria analysis in agriculture by highlighting recent applications for modeling agricultural decision-making.

This book provides a better clue to apply quantum derivative instead of classical derivative in the modified optimization methods, compared with the competing books which employ a number of standard derivative optimization techniques to address large-scale, unconstrained optimization issues.

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Demystifying Talent Management questions the explanation of talent, that anyone who has 'more' has a talent, and demonstrates how the term 'talent' has become an empty signifier.

A seminal collection of research methodology themes, this two-volume work provides a set of key scholarly developments related to robustness, allowing scholars to advance their knowledge of research methods used outside of their own immediate fields.

Multistage stochastic optimization problems appear in many ways in finance, insurance, energy production and trading, logistics and transportation, among other areas.

This book features the papers presented at IWAR 2023.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2022, which was held virtually during June 12-16, 2022.

The book treats two approaches to decision theory: (1) the normative, purporting to determine how a 'perfectly rational' actor ought to choose among available alternatives; (2) the descriptive, based on observations of how people actually choose in real life and in laboratory experiments.

This book delves deeply into the research progress on three-way risk decision for risk management under complex social environment.

Peter Kall and Janos Mayer are distinguished scholars and professors of Operations Research and their research interest is particularly devoted to the area of stochastic optimization.

This title provides managers, executives and other professionals with an innovative method for critical decision-making.

This book focuses on the most well-regarded and recent nature-inspired algorithms capable of solving optimization problems with multiple objectives.

The book discusses the concept of the smart city, and is based on a multi-service and multi-sectoral approach to urban planning, including various urban functions and the human capital of cities.

How the radical disruption of the auto industry affects you-and how you can prepare for the soon-to-be "e;new normal"e;The combined effect of autonomous driving, electric vehicles, and the sharing economy is on the verge of changing the auto industry all within the next decade.

In the past decades several researchers have developed statistical models for the prediction of corporate bankruptcy, e.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Decision Support Systems Technologies, ICDSST 2024, held in June 2024.

Stressing the concrete applications of economic forecasting, Practical Business Forecasting is accessible to a wide-range of readers, requiring only a familiarity with basic statistics.

A central problem of prescriptive decision making is the mismatch between the elegant formal models of decision theory and the less elegant, informal thinking of decision makers, especially when dealing with ill-structured situations.

Learn the key skills and capabilities that empower Citizens of Data Science to not only survive but thrive in an AI-dominated world.

This monograph series is commissioned by the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA).

Regina Schlindwein analysiert die Erstellung von Dienstleistungen aus produktionstheoretischer Sicht und entwickelt neue Methoden zur Effizienzmessung, die den Einfluss externer Faktoren berücksichtigen.

Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases.

This book targets the critical issue of decision making in uncertain conditions and situations.

In scheduling theory, the models that have attracted considerable attention during the last two decades allow the processing times to be variable, i.

Dynamic Modeling of Monetary and Fiscal Cooperation Among Nations analyzes coordination of monetary and fiscal stabilization policies between countries and currency areas using a dynamic game approach.

Covid-19 has hit the world unprepared, as the deadliest pandemic of the century.

Understand the different types of organizational structuresUncover the myriad roles of a managerKnow the difference between leaders and managersLearn to manage employees and maintain customer relationshipsA pragmatic guidebook for ushering into the role of a manager In the 3rd edition of Principles of Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know, you will uncover the myriad functions of a manager and prepare yourself to take on a managerial role.