Basic Conceptual Model -- Research Methodology -- Research Analysis and Findings -- Conclusions and Recommendations.The aim of this book is to provide a better understanding with as to how to coordinate and improve decisions about product life cycle, process and supply chain design to improve new product development. The conclusions are based upon original research of supply chain management an…
Part I. Regular Sessions: Knowledge Discovery and Exploration -- Part II. Regular Sessions: Computational Linguistics -- Part III. Regular Sessions: Search Engines -- Part IV. Regular Sessions: Biologically Motivated Algorithms and Systems -- Part V. Regular Sessions: Statistical and Database Methods in AI -- Part VI. Poster Session -- Part VII. Invited Session: Syntactic Parsing and Machine Le…
Crisp matrix and bi-matrix games: some basic results -- Fuzzy sets -- Fuzzy numbers and fuzzy arithmetic -- Linear and quadratic programming under fuzzy environment -- Duality in linear and quadratic programming under fuzzy environment -- Matrix games with fuzzy goals -- Matrix games with fuzzy pay-offs -- More on matrix games with fuzzy pay-offs -- Fuzzy Bi-Matrix Games -- Modality and other a…
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…
Intelligent Systems: Architectures and Perspectives -- Do Smart Adaptive Systems Exist? — Introduction -- Problem Definition — From Applications to Methods -- Problem Definition — From Applications to Methods -- Data Preparation and Preprocessing -- Data Preparation and Preprocessing -- From Methods To Applications -- Artificial Neural Networks -- Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learni…
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…
Mathematical Symbols and Constants -- Sets and Propositions -- Number Systems and their Arithmetic -- Combinatorial Analysis -- Sequences and Series -- Mathematics of Finance -- Functions of one Independent Variable -- Functions of one Variable: Differential Calculus -- Functions of one Variable: Integral Calculus -- Differential Equations -- Difference Equations -- Differential Calculus for Fu…
to closed-loop supply chains -- Production closed-loop supply chains -- Reverse logistics in a pharmaceutical company: the Schering case -- Reverse logistics in an electronics company: the NEC-Cl case -- Distribution closed-loop supply chains -- The chip in crate: the Heineken case -- Recovery and reuse of maritime containers: the Blue Container Line case -- Empty container reposition: the port…
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…