It is said that six sigma methods are vital to survive, let alone thrive, in today's competitive markets, but what are these methods and how or when do we use them?
This book introduces the mathematical foundations of distributionally robust optimization (DRO) for decision-making problems with ambiguous uncertainties and applies them to tackle the critical challenge of energy storage sizing in renewable-integrated power systems, providing readers with an efficient and reliable approach to analyze and design real-world energy systems with uncertainties.
This book integrates for readers three areas of knowledge, pertaining to risk-based project decision making: project risk management (PRM), complexity theory, and decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU).
This book presents a comprehensive series of methods in nonsmooth optimization, with a particular focus on their application in stochastic programming and dedicated algorithms for decision-making under uncertainty.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Decision Support Systems Technologies, ICDSST 2023, held during May 30 - June 1, 2023.
This book introduces readers to order analysis and various aspects of deep learning, and describes important connections to optimization, such as nonlinear optimization as well as vector and set optimization.
This comprehensive textbook/reference provides an in-depth overview of the key aspects of transportation analysis, with an emphasis on modeling real transportation systems and executing the models.
Markov decision process (MDP) models are widely used for modeling sequential decision-making problems that arise in engineering, economics, computer science, and the social sciences.
Decision Making in Manufacturing Environment Using Graph Theory and Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods presents the concepts and details of applications of MADM methods.
Hybrid Predictive Control for Dynamic Transport Problems develops methods for the design of predictive control strategies for nonlinear-dynamic hybrid discrete-/continuous-variable systems.
The time has come to move into a more humanistic approach of technology and to understand where our world is moving to in the early twenty-first century.
A Systems Approach to AMT Development is part of the Advanced Manufacturing Series edited by Professor Pham of the University of Wales, College of Cardiff.
There is now a widely accepted view among manufacturing and service organisations that 'operations' can provide the means of achieving competitive edge.
Decision makers in the Renewable Energy sector face an increasingly complex social, economic, technological, and environmental scenario in their decision process.
With increased globalization and offshore sourcing, global supply chain management is becoming an important issue for many businesses as it involves a company's worldwide interests and suppliers rather than simply a local or national orientation.
Managerial Decisions in hierarchy organizations, such as the various manufacturing and service companies, are difficult to formalize and even more difficult to optimize.
This book gathers together research from three key application themes of modelling in operational research - modelling to support evaluation and change in organisations; modelling within the development and use of organisational information systems; and the use of modelling approaches to support, enable and enhance decision support in organisational contexts.
1994 marks the year that the international version of ARlS Toolset - a software system capable of analysing, modelling and navigating business processes - was developed and released by the software and consulting company IDS Prof.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Decision Support Systems Technologies, ICDSST 2025, held in Belgrade, Serbia, in May 2025.
This proceedings gathers selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the XXX International Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IJCIEOM), held from June 26 to 28, 2024, in Salvador, Brazil.
This proceedings gathers selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the XXX International Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IJCIEOM), held from June 26 to 28, 2024, in Salvador, Brazil.
This book, now in its second edition, provides a valuable compendium of problems as a reference for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and practitioners of operations research and management science.
This book collects selected, peer-reviewed research presented at the 8th International Conference on Mathematics: Pure, Applied, and Computation, held in Lombok, Indonesia, on 30 September 2023.
This proceedings volume gathers selected, blinded peer-reviewed contributions presented at the XXIX International Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IJCIEOM), held in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 28th to 30th, 2023.
Discrete event simulation and agent-based modeling are increasingly recognized as critical for diagnosing and solving process issues in complex systems.
The financial results of any manufacturing company can be dramatically impacted by the repetitive decisions required to control a complex production network be it a network of machines in a factory; a network of factories in a company; or a network of companies in a supply chain.
Practical Elements of Safety contains the invited papers presented at the Twelfth annual Safety-critical Systems Symposium, held at Birmingham, UK in February 2004.
Reliability theory is of fundamental importance for engineers and managers involved in the manufacture of high-quality products and the design of reliable systems.
With the pressure of time-based competition increasing, and customers demanding faster service, availability of service parts becomes a critical component of manufacturing and servicing operations.
The Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mathematical Sciences & Computing (IEMSC-24) contains papers that present the current scientific as well as technological innovations by leading academicians, eminent researchers, and experts throughout the globe in the twin domain of Mathematical Sciences as well as Computing.
The Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mathematical Sciences & Computing (IEMSC-24) contains papers that present the current scientific as well as technological innovations by leading academicians, eminent researchers, and experts throughout the globe in the twin domain of Mathematical Sciences as well as Computing.
This book introduces impact-driven research paths in computer science, information systems and cybersecurity with practical insights, effective instructions, and examples.
This book presents the state-of-the-art in the emerging field of data science and includes models for layered security with applications in the protection of sites-such as large gathering places-through high-stake decision-making tasks.
This book presents the state-of-the-art in the emerging field of data science and includes models for layered security with applications in the protection of sites-such as large gathering places-through high-stake decision-making tasks.
This book, now in its second edition, provides a valuable compendium of problems as a reference for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and practitioners of operations research and management science.
This book introduces the mathematical foundations of distributionally robust optimization (DRO) for decision-making problems with ambiguous uncertainties and applies them to tackle the critical challenge of energy storage sizing in renewable-integrated power systems, providing readers with an efficient and reliable approach to analyze and design real-world energy systems with uncertainties.
This book inclusively and systematically presents the fundamental methods, models and techniques of practical application of grey data analysis, bringing together the authors' many years of theoretical exploration, real-life application, and teaching.
