Operational research

La proposta nasce dalla constatazione dell'importanza dell'approccio quantitativo a problemi di rilevanza quotidiana in molte realtà industriali.

Expectations are high regarding the potential benefits of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure development in low-income countries.

The Current state of expectations is that Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) will ulti- mately determine the industrial growth of world nations within the next few decades.

Why do some corporate superstars collapse dramatically, while others survive and prosper over many decades?

This book gives a thorough and systematic introduction to the latest research results about fuzzy decision-making method based on prospect theory.

Learn how to write automated tests for Dynamics 365 Business Central and see how to implement it in your daily workKey FeaturesLeverage automated testing to advance over traditional manual testing methodsWrite, design, and implement automated testsExplore various testing frameworks and tools compatible with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralBook DescriptionDynamics 365 Business Central is the new cloud-based SaaS ERP proposition from Microsoft.

Technology Innovation discusses the fundamental aspects of processes and structures of technology innovation.

Based on the shared journey of two researchers, this book explores enhancing algorithms for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem.

"e;Uberization,"e; "e;digitalization,"e; "e;platform economy,"e; "e;gig economy,"e; and "e;sharing economy"e; are some of the buzzwords that characterize the current intense discussions about the development of the economy and work around the world, among both experts and laypersons.

This book is about the role of expert systems in marketing, particularly in the consumer goods industry.

This book is a continuation of Scheduling in Computer and Manufacturing Sys- tems 1, two editions of which have received kind acceptance of a wide readership.

The subject of (static) optimization, also called mathematical programming, is one of the most important and widespread branches of modern mathematics, serving as a cornerstone of such scientific subjects as economic analysis, operations research, management sciences, engineering, chemistry, physics, statistics, computer science, biology, and social sciences.

Modem information technology has created new possibilities for more sophisticated and efficient control of supply chains.

Deep Learning for Multi-Sensor Earth Observation addresses the need for transformative Deep Learning techniques to navigate the complexity of multi-sensor data fusion.

This book begins by introducing the topic of knowledge in literature, including its scientific foundations.

Patient Flow: Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery is dedicated to improving healthcare through reducing the delays experienced by patients.

Optimal Control and Dynamic Games has been edited to honor the outstanding contributions of Professor Suresh Sethi in the fields of Applied Optimal Control.

Traditional microeconomic theory has much to offer a manager.

The increasing power of computer technologies, the evolution of software en- neering and the advent of the intelligent transport systems has prompted traf c simulation to become one of the most used approaches for traf c analysis in s- port of the design and evaluation of traf c systems.

This book focuses on selected aspects of the current and upcoming trends in transportation, logistics, and decision-making.

The book takes the inventory control perspective to tackle empty container repositioning logistics problems in regional transportation systems by explicitly considering the features such as demand imbalance over space, dynamic operations over time, uncertainty in demand and transport, and container leasing phenomenon.

Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars.

The importance of automation in the various industries has increased dramatically in recent years; business process automation serves to enhance product quality, improve process safety and plant availability, and efficiently utilize resources and lower emissions.

MATLAB is a powerful programme, which naturally lends itself to the rapid implementation of most numerical algorithms.

Standards have become widespread regulatory tools that are set to promote global trade, innovation, efficiency, and quality.

Almost every company creates a marketing plan each year, and many spend hundreds of employee hours researching, preparing and presenting their tomes to senior executives.

This book presents a compilation of over 200 numerical problems and solutions that students can use to learn, practice and master the Inventory Control and Management concepts.

Putting forward a unified presentation of the features and possible applications of probabilistic preferences composition, and serving as a methodology for decisions employing multiple criteria, this book maximizes reader insights into the evaluation in probabilistic terms and the development of composition approaches that do not depend on assigning weights to the criteria.

Risk models are models of uncertainty, engineered for some purposes.

Hyperthinking is predicated on the assumption that the single most important skill required to help you and your organization thrive in the age of perpetual change, digital communications and networks is the mind-set of individuals.

This fascinating new core textbook, authored by a highly respected academic with over a decade of industry experience, takes a global and strategic approach to the important topic of operations management (OM).

This first book on Maritime Informatics describes the potential for Maritime Informatics to enhance the shipping industry.

Optimality and stability are two important notions in applied mathematics.

Dedicated to the proper design, layout, and location of facilities, this definitive textbook outlines the main design and operational problems that occur in manufacturing and service systems, explains the significance of facility design and planning problems, and describes how mathematical models can be used to help analyze and solve them.

This textbook teaches methods of data analytics for technical reliability analyses and risk prognosis on the basis of probabilistics, statistics and modelling.

This is the first book on synthetic data for deep learning, and its breadth of coverage may render this book as the default reference on synthetic data for years to come.

Management and Engineering of Critical Infrastructures focuses on two important aspects of CIS, management and engineering.

This book provides a new point of view on the subject of business failure prediction, through the application of multicriteria analysis methods.

Optimal control and differential games continue to attract strong interest from researchers interested in dynamical problems and models in management science.

The resource transfer problem (RTP) is a modeling and solution framework for integrated complex scheduling and rich vehicle routing problems.

The present volume collects a selection of revised papers which were presented at the 21st Euro Working Group on Financial Modelling Meeting, held in Venice (Italy), on October 29-31, 1997.

Florian Brauner addresses the risk reduction effects of security measures (SecMe) as well as economic and social effects using terrorist threats in public transportation as use case.

In this book the author presents a new approach to the study of weakly structurable dynamic systems.

This book takes a unique approach to linear optimization by focusing on the underlying principles and business applications of a topic more often taught from a mathematical and computational perspective.