international operations research management science

This edited volume is an introduction to diverse methods and applications in operations research focused on local populations and community-based organizations that have the potential to improve the lives of individuals and communities in tangible... ... more

This book aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in Internet of Things (IoT) in Management Science and Operations Research. It starts with basic concept and present cases applications theory and... ... more

Profiles in Operations Research: Pioneers and Innovators recounts the development of the field of Operations Research (OR) the science of decision making. The book traces the development of OR from its military origins to a mature discipline that is... ... more

This book examines application and methods to incorporating stochastic parameter variations into the optimization process to decrease expense in corrective measures. Basic types of deterministic substitute problems occurring mostly in practice involve... ... more

A very readable expository approach appropriate for students researchers and practitioners. First book to apply robust optimization to electric energy systems. Conejo is the most prominent researcher in electric systems and Sun is quickly rising in the... ... more

This book explains and illustrates recent developments and advances in decision-making and risk analysis. It demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have not only benefitted from classical decision analysis concepts such... ... more

Management of supply chains has been evolving rapidly over the last few years due to the inception of Industry 4.0 where businesses adopt automation technologies and data exchanges leading to dynamic and interconnected supply chain systems. Emphasizing... ... more

Now in a fully updated second edition with new chapters covering flow theory state-of-the-art search methods and GO/nonlinear programming this unified treatment of optimization methods deals with all facets of the topic needed by students and... ... more

This book introduces readers to advanced data science techniques for signal mining in connection with agriculture. It shows how to apply heuristic modeling to improve farm-level efficiency and how to use sensors and data intelligence to provide... ... more

This book discusses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for agricultural economics. It is written with a view towards bringing the benefits of advanced analytics and prognostics capabilities to small scale farmers worldwide. This volume... ... more

Around the world liberalization and privatization in the electricity industry have lead to increased competition among utilities. At the same time utilities are now exposed more than ever to risk and uncertainties which they cannot pass on to their... ... more

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Image Representation.- Chapter 3. Segmentation.- Chapter 4. Shape Analysis.- Chapter 5. Location and Dispersion Analysis.- Chapter 6. Lattice Pattern Analysis.- Chapter 7. Change Point Detection.- Chapter 8. State... ... more

This book covers recent advances in efficiency evaluations particularly data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) methods. It introduces the underlying theories demonstrates the necessary calculations and discusses... ... more

This graduate-level textbook covers modelling programming and analysis of stochastic computer simulation experiments including the mathematical and statistical foundations of simulation and why it works. The book is rigorous and complete but concise... ... more

Health threats pose significant dangers to humankind and form a major source of human suffering and sorrow. Responsible leadership and reasoned decision making can significantly improve the arenas that are affected by health threats through... ... more

This second edition systematically presents the underlying theory model development and applications of network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). It discusses the models used to measure the efficiency of systems in specific network structures and... ... more

The book is designed for use in courses that focus on the applications of constrained optimization in courses that emphasize the theory and in courses that link the subject to economics. It surveys models that optimize something subject to constraints.... ... more

Portfolio Decision Analysis: Improved Methods for Resource Allocation provides an extensive up-to-date coverage of decision analytic methods which help firms and public organizations allocate resources to lumpy investment opportunities while explicitly... ... more

Technology Portfolio Planning and Management: Practical Concepts and Tools (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 96) by Oliver Yu ... more

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... ... more

This book introduces readers to essential strategies practices and benchmarking for asset maintenance in operations intensive industries. Drawing on a case study from the oil and gas sector it offers a methodology and practical solutions to help... ... more

This book and its treatment of goal programming will help organizations meet targets and objectives. The book includes many worked-out examples and tutorial exercises and is designed to demostrate and teach its readers good modeling practice. ... more

One of the primary purposes of any model is to build intuition and generate insights. Typically a model is developed to be able to better understand phenomena that are otherwise difficult to comprehend. Models can also help in verifying the correctness... ... more

This book provides models and procedures to be used by electricity market agents to make informed decisions under uncertainty. These procedures rely on well established stochastic programming models which make them efficient and robust. ... more

With a stress on interactive decision-making this work breaks new ground by covering both the random nature of events related to environments and the fuzziness of human judgements. The text runs from mathematical preliminaries to future research... ... more

This book concentrates on real-world production scheduling in factories and industrial settings. It includes industry case studies that use innovative techniques as well as academic research results that can be used to improve production scheduling.... ... more

Modeling Uncertainty: An Examination of Stochastic Theory Methods and Applications is a volume undertaken by the friends and colleagues of Sid Yakowitz in his honor. Fifty internationally known scholars have collectively contributed 30 papers on... ... more

Great advances have been made in recent years in the field of computational probability. In particular the state of the art - as it relates to queuing systems stochastic Petri-nets and systems dealing with reliability - has benefited significantly from... ... more

This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings of Operations Research/Management Science applied to Internet of Things. This book identifies and describes ways in which OR and MS have been applied and... ... more

This Festschrift honors George Samuel Fishman one of the founders of the eld of computer simulation and a leader of the disciplines of operations research and the management sciences for the past ve decades on the occasion of his seventieth birthday.... ... more

Stochastic Programming: The State of the Art in Honor of George B. Dantzig ... more

Presents the most recent research advances in risk analysis reliability and maintenance (RRM) and MCDMIntegrates fundamental concepts from both areas of RRM and decision makingEditors are some of the most influential in the field ... more

In two volumes this Handbook examines production planning for the extended enterprise against a backdrop of important gaps between theory and practice. Covers basic principles and problems the current state of research current best practices and more. ... more

Authors are two of the most prominent researchers in the field Covers the latest advances The only book focusing exclusively on DEA use in financial services ... more

A nice night of October 2007 in Beijing during the XV World Conference on ITS a number of colleagues met informally for a dinner party that spontaneously became a vivid discussion on the importance of traffic data for all types of p- poses. Researchers... ... more

This handbook covers DEA topics that are extensively used and solidly based. The purpose of the handbook is to (1) describe and elucidate the state of the field and (2) where appropriate extend the frontier of DEA research. It defines the... ... more

Fundamental Theories of Mega Infrastructure Construction Management: Theoretical Considerations from Chinese Practices ... more

Postponement strategy is one of the major supply chain management (SCM) pr- tices that has a discernible impact on rms competitive advantage and organi- tional performance. Postponement is a mass customization strategy that captures the advantages of... ... more

Since the introduction of system signatures in Francisco Samaniego s 1985 paper the properties of this technical concept have been examined tested and proven in a wide variety of systems applications. Based on the practical and research success in... ... more

Game Theoretic Risk Analysis of Security Threats introduces reliability and risk analysis in the face of threats by intelligent agents. More specifically game-theoretic models are developed for identifying optimal and/or equilibrium defense and attack... ... more