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The main focus of this book is on presenting advances in fuzzy statistics, and on proposing a methodology for testing hypotheses in the fuzzy environment based on the estimation of fuzzy confidence intervals, a context in which not only the data but also the hypotheses are considered to be fuzzy.

Genetic Algorithms: Principles and Perspectives: A Guide to GA Theory is a survey of some important theoretical contributions, many of which have been proposed and developed in the Foundations of Genetic Algorithms series of workshops.

This book provides an overview of intelligent decision-making techniques and discusses their application in production and retail operations.

This book is devoted to a novel approach for dimensionality reduction based on the famous nearest neighbor method that is a powerful classification and regression approach.

This is the first book focusing exclusively on fuzzy dual numbers.

This book is intended to provide an introductory text of Nonlinear and Dynamic Programming for students of managerial economics and operations research.

This book tackles issues associated with inconsistency in pairwise comparisons from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

Ein Gesicht vermittelt in nur 34 ms konsistent und relativ reliabel nicht nur objektive, sondern auch subjektive Personenmerkmale.

Like norms, translation invariant functions are a natural and powerful tool for the separation of sets and scalarization.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2019, held in Loughborough, UK, in June 2019.

Geographical Information Systems, Three Volume Set is a computer system used to capture, store, analyze and display information related to positions on the Earth's surface.

Buying decision making is a complicated process, in which a consumer's decision is under the influence of others.

Numerical Algorithmic Science and Engineering (NAS&E), or more compactly, Numerical Algorithmics, is the theoretical and empirical study and the practical implementation and application of algorithms for solving finite-dimensional problems of a numeric nature.

This book provides a practice-driven, yet rigorous approach to executive management decision-making that performs well even under unpredictable conditions.

The fields of integer programming and combinatorial optimization continue to be areas of great vitality, with an ever increasing number of publications and journals appearing.

Column Generation is an insightful overview of the state of the art in integer programming column generation and its many applications.

Despite recent advances in technology, software developers, enterprise users, and business technologists still spend much of their time performing repetitive manual tasks.

Simultaneous considerations of multiobjectiveness, fuzziness and block angular structures involved in the real-world decision making problems lead us to the new field of interactive multiobjective optimization for large scale programming problems under fuzziness.

Vegetation Dynamics and Crop Stress: An Earth-Observation Perspective focuses on vegetation dynamics and crop stress at both the regional and country levels by using earth observation (EO) data sets.

Explore the aspects of financial modeling with the help of clear and easy-to-follow instructions and a variety of Excel features, functions, and productivity tipsKey FeaturesA non data professionals guide to exploring Excel's financial functions and pivot tablesLearn to prepare various models for income and cash flow statements, and balance sheetsLearn to perform valuations and identify growth drivers with real-world case studiesBook DescriptionFinancial modeling is a core skill required by anyone who wants to build a career in finance.

This Fourth Edition introduces the latest theory and applications in optimization.

The book provides a complete vision about Spanish sustainable renovation of buildings situation at this moment, analysing legal and technological context and opportunities that economic stimulus -by means of direct aids- and the use of BIM methodologies offers a standardization of high scale interventions.

Individual turnpike results are of great interest due to their numerous applications in engineering and in economic theory; in this book the study is focused on new results of turnpike phenomenon in linear optimal control problems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Meeting on Innovation for Systems Information and Decision meeting, INSID 2020, held in Recife, Brazil, in December 2020.

Mathematical Models of Distribution Channels identifies eight "e;Channel Myths"e; that characterize almost all analytical research on distribution channels.

In a context of global competition, the optimization of logistics systems is inescapable.

Applying Occupational Psychology in the Fire Service: Emotion, Risk and Decision-Making provides readers with an overview of the latest research informing the policies, procedures and practices of those working on the ground in the UK Fire Service.

Searching is an important process in most AI systems, especially in those AI production systems consisting of a global database, a set of production rules, and a control system.

Take your SAP ABAP skills to the next level by mastering ABAP programming techniques with the help of real-world examplesKey FeaturesBecome adept at building interfaces and explore ABAP tools and techniquesDiscover the modern functionalities available in the latest version of ABAPLearn the process of creating stunning HTML5 applications using SAPUI5Book DescriptionAdvanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) is an established and complex programming language in the IT industry.

This book offers a timely snapshot of current soft-computing research and solutions to decision-making and optimization problems, which are ubiquitous in the current social and technological context, addressing fields including logistics, transportation and data analysis.

th It is our great privilege and honor to present the proceedings of the 18 International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT), held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China on 16-18 July 2009.

This book provides several inventory models for making the right decision in inventory management under different environments.

This book on Applied Operations Research and Financial Modelling in Energy (AORFME) presents several applications of operations research (OR) and financial modelling.

In contrast to widespread assessments that family enterprises lack sufficient resources and capabilities to go global, many family companies are competing successfully in an increasingly globalized business environment.

Advanced communications and information technologies provide the basis for operational risk management.

The Management of Industrial Forest Plantations.

This book lays the foundations for quality modeling and analysis in the context of supply chains through a synthesis of the economics, operations management, as well as operations research/management science literature on quality.

This encyclopedic, detailed exposition spans all the steps of one-period allocation from the foundations to the most advanced developments.

The figure of the entrepreneur has become a relevant factor that explains the process of growth and economic development.

Service Enterprise Integration: An Enterprise Engineering Perspective will examine a range of topics on IT-based enterprise integration, using the service work done in manufacturing as a point of departure.

This book describes an effective decision-making and planning architecture for enhancing the navigation capabilities of automated vehicles in the presence of non-detailed, open-source maps.

This book presents a study of the rail travel process, where passengers under normal (non-emergency) conditions choose their own itinerary considering the offered timetable, travel expenses, comfort, potential risks, quality of service and other factors.