Many probability books are written by mathematicians and have the built in bias that the reader is assumed to be a mathematician coming to the material for its beauty. This textbook is geared towards beginning graduate students from a variety of disciplines whose primary focus is not necessarily mathematics for its own sake. Instead, A Probability Path is designed for those requiring a deep und…
Paradigms and Challenges -- Preference Modelling -- Conjoint Measurement Tools for MCDM -- Electre Methods -- Promethee Methods -- Other Outranking Approaches -- Maut — Multiattribute Utility Theory -- UTA Methods -- The Analytic Hierarchy and Analytic Network Processes for the Measurement of Intangible Criteria and for Decision-Making -- On the Mathematical Foundation of MACBETH -- Dealing w…
Basic Models in Lot-Sizing -- Extensions to the Basic Models: Time Continuity -- Literature Review -- Planning Framework and Solution Techniques -- Modeling and Solution Approach -- Analysis of Solutions and Computational Performance -- Summary and Outlook.Production planning problems containing special characteristics from process industries are addressed in this book. The main subject is the …