Operational research

Models and Experiments in Risk and Rationality presents original contributions to the areas of individual choice, experimental economics, operations and analysis, multiple criteria decision making, market uncertainty, game theory and social choice.

This book introduces a new paradigm called 'Optimization in Changeable Spaces' (OCS) as a useful tool for decision making and problem solving.

This book presents recent work that analyzes general issues of green transportation.

This volume is the first (I) of four under the main themes of Digitizing Agriculture and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

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.

To ensure the security and economy of future power system operation in the context of a high degree of renewable energy penetration, this thesis proposes a new distributed algorithm called generalized master-slave-splitting (G-MSS) theory and a new transmission-distribution coordinated energy management (TDCEM) method that is based on the G-MSS theory.

These notes originate from a couple of lectures which were given in the Econometric Workshop of the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at the Catholic University of Louvain.

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

Like the preceding volumes, and met with a lively response, the present volume is collecting contributions stressed on methodology or successful industrial applications.

This book offers an introduction to various models and methods for green supplier evaluation and selection (GSES) within different information settings.

Apply engineering and design principles to revitalize the healthcare delivery system Healthcare Systems Engineering is the first engineering book to cover this emerging field, offering comprehensive coverage of the healthcare system, healthcare delivery, and healthcare systems modeling.

This book explores the intersection of data envelopment analysis (DEA) and various analytical decision-making methodologies.

This book presents a consistent methodology for making decisions under uncertain conditions, as is almost always the case.

The field of natural computing has been the focus of a substantial research effort in recent decades.

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.

Interest in the phenomenon known as "e;lean"e; has grown significantly in recent years.

This volume develops and describes an ontology of modern conflict.

This book is devoted to the study and optimization of spatiotem- ral stochastic processes.

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The Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management is an encyclopedia that has been developed to serve this field as the fundamental reference work.

This study, first published in 1986, examines and evaluates the personnel techniques and activities that were characteristic of one period in American industrial life.

Based on many years of applied research, modeling and educating future decision makers, the authors have selected the critical set of mathematical modeling skills for decision analysis to include in this book.

This fully updated second edition explores the importance of innovation and innovative thinking for the long-term success of today's leading media, telecommunications, and information technology companies.

This book covers various data scientific approaches to analyze the issue of grid integration of renewable energy for which the grid flexibility is the key to cope with its intermittency.

Presenting an integrated and holistic perspective on innovation management and product design and development, this monograph offers a unique and original understanding of how these two perspectives are interconnected.

This book presents expert descriptions of the successful application of operations research in both the private and the public sector, including in logistics, transportation, product design, production planning and scheduling, and areas of social interest.

Profiles in Operations Research: Pioneers and Innovators recounts the development of the field of Operations Research (OR), the science of decision making.

Many process management books focus on manufacturing applications.

Notes in the Category C: Reflections on Laboratory Animal Care and Use addresses how to improve laboratory animal care and use, also characterizing the current state of the industry and speculating on its long-term future.

This book presents practical approaches for facilitating the achievement of excellence in the management and leadership of organizational resources.

A step-by-step guide that will help you create, share, and deploy applications across your organization using MS PowerAppsKey FeaturesCreate apps with rich user experiences without paying for costly developersImprove productivity with business process automation using Microsoft Power AutomateBuild enterprise-grade apps with MS PowerApps' built-in storage space, Common Data ServiceBook DescriptionMicrosoft PowerApps provides a modern approach to building business applications for mobile, tablet, and browser.

Web-Scale Discovery Services: Principles, Applications, Discovery Tools and Development Hypotheses summarizes and presents the state-of-the-art in WSDS.

This book introduces impact-driven research paths in computer science, information systems and cybersecurity with practical insights, effective instructions, and examples.

This book describes a set of methods for finding more-for-less solutions of various kind of fuzzy transportation problems.

Blockchain technology is considered a disruptive innovation that changes the ways companies and global processes operate.

Brainstorming is probably the best known of all the techniques available for creative problem solving.

The unifying theme of Women and Careers is women's educational and employment success, with the objective of profiling supportive public policy in global contexts from Atlantic Canada to Western Europe, Australia and China.

Our everyday life is unthinkable without optimization.

The second edition of Leadership offers a unique, highly-applied academic treatise on leadership, uniquely blending a chronological analysis of the last 100 years of leadership theory with exclusive CEO interviews.

Cellular Genetic Algorithms defines a new class of optimization algorithms based on the concepts of structured populations and Genetic Algorithms (GAs).

During the week of September 20-23, 1983, an International Workshop on Interactive Decision Analysis and Interpretative Computer Intelligence was held at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria.

Derivatives Algorithms - Volume 1: Bones (Second Edition) is for practicing quants who already have some expertise in risk-neutral pricing and in programming, and want to build a reusable and extensible library.

This textbook provides an overview of the fundamentals of game theory and its applications in various fields.

The book aims at surveying results in the application of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic to economics and engineering.

In revising the Tinbergen Lectures I have expanded and restructured the material in an attempt to make the book more readable and more interesting.

Air Route Networks through Complex Networks Theory connects theory research with network connectivity analysis, providing practitioners with the tools they need to develop more efficient, resilient and profitable air route networks.

Formal decision and evaluation models are sets of explicit and well-defined rules to collect, assess, and process information in order to be able to make recommendations in decision and/or evaluation processes.

This book covers different topics on optimal design and operations with particular emphasis on chemical engineering applications.