Stochastic Calculus with Jump diffusions -- Optimal Stopping of Jump Diffusions -- Stochastic Control of Jump Diffusions -- Combined Optimal Stopping and Stochastic Control of Jump Diffusions -- Singular Control for Jump Diffusions -- Impulse Control of Jump Diffusions -- Approximating Impulse Control of Diffusions by Iterated Optimal Stopping -- Combined Stochastic Control and Impulse Control …
Supply Chain Operations -- Coordination of Inventory and Shipment Consolidation Decisions: A Review of Premises, Models, and Justification -- A Near-Optimal Order-Based Inventory Allocation Rule in an Assemble-To-Order System and its Applications to Resource Allocation Problems -- Improving Supply Chain Performance through Buyer Collaboration -- The Impact of New Supply Chain Management Practic…
Simple Calculations with MATLAB -- Writing Scripts and Functions -- Loops and Conditional Statements -- Root Finding -- Interpolation and Extrapolation -- Matrices -- Numerical Integration -- Solving Differential Equations -- Simulations and Random Numbers.MATLAB is a powerful programme, which naturally lends itself to the rapid implementation of most numerical algorithms. This text, which uses…
The anatomy of a crisis -- Protecting your brands and reputation -- Preparing for the unthinkable -- The Internet—a two-edged sword -- Tactics to avoid being caught off-guard -- Product tampering—a constant threat -- Issues tracking and management -- Meeting the media -- Do I need help? -- Sources of technical help -- The powers of enforcement authorities -- Managing a crisis -- Diet and he…
Executive Summary -- General Introduction and Main Conclusions -- General Introduction -- Basic Notions and General Conclusions -- Synopsis -- Empirical and Theoretical Chapters -- Citation Analysis of Basic Science Research Departments -- Citation Analysis of Scientific Journals -- Basic Principles, Citation Links and Terminology -- ISI Coverage by Discipline -- Implications for the Use of the…
Network -- On the Complexity of Delaying an Adversary’s Project -- A Note on Eswaran and Tarjan’s Algorithm for the Strong Connectivity Augmentation Problem -- Integer and Mixed Integer Programming -- Generating Set Partitioning Test Problems with Known Optimal Integer Solutions -- Computational Aspects of Controlled Tabular Adjustment: Algorithm and Analysis -- The Symphony Callable Librar…
The Financial Activity of Businesses -- Basic Elements for the Treatment of Uncertainty -- Accountancy and Decision Techniques -- The Estimate of Economic-Financial Values by Means of the Budget -- Long Term Financial Solvency -- Short Term Financial Solvency -- Financial Analysis by Means of Ratios -- Risk Analysis -- Inference Chains in Financial Analysis -- The Effect of Fixed Costs on Profi…
Invited Paper -- Metaheuristic Agent Processes (MAPS) -- Tutorial Paper -- GRASP with Path-Relinking: Recent Advances and Applications -- Papers on Problem Solving -- A Tabu Search Heuristic for a University Timetabling Problem -- An Investigation of Automated Planograms Using a Simulated Annealing Based Hyper-Heuristic -- Validation and Optimization of an Elevator Simulation Model with Modern …
A Commentary on Distribution-Channels Modeling -- The Bilateral-Monopoly Model and Channel Myths -- Multiple (Exclusive) Retailers -- Multiple (Exclusive) States-of-Nature -- Toward a Manufacturer-Optimal Per-Unit Fee: A Channel-Coordinating Quantity-Discount Schedule -- The Manufacturer-Optimal Two-Part Tariff -- The Channel-Coordinating Menu -- Coordination versus Maximization: Theoretical An…
The Network of Logistics Decisions -- Facility Location in Supply Chain Design -- Distribution Centres in Supply Chain Operations -- Operational Research Methods for Efficient Warehousing -- Models and Methods for Facilities Layout Design from an Applicability to Real-World Perspective -- The Design, Planning, and Optimization of Reverse Logistics Networks -- Models and Methods for Operations i…