Simulation Models and Their Application: State of the Art -- Application of a Simulation-Based Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model -- The DRACULA Dynamic Network Microsimulation Model -- Dynamic Network Simulation with AIMSUN -- Microscopic Traffic Simulation: Models and Application -- Applications of Transport Simulation -- The Art of the Utilization of Traffic Simulation Models: How Do We Make T…
Data Envelopment Analysis -- Measuring Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols -- Prioritizing Highway Accident Sites -- Benchmarking Models -- Factor Selection Issues in Bank Branch Performance -- Multicomponent Efficiency Measurement in Banking -- DEA and Multicriteria Decision Modeling -- Modeling Rank Order Data -- Resource Allocation in an R&D Department -- Resource Constrained DEA -- Mu…
Fundamentals of Scheduling -- Is Scheduling a Solved Problem? -- Formulations, Relaxations, Approximations, and Gaps in the World of Scheduling -- Order Scheduling Models: An Overview -- Multi-criteria Scheduling -- Scheduling in Software Development Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms -- Scheduling Unit Execution Time Tasks on Two Parallel Machines with the Criteria of Makespan and To…
Transport in Freight Carrier Networks -- Operational Freight Transport Planning -- Pickup and Delivery Selection Problems -- Memetic Algorithms -- Memetic Algorithm Vehicle Routing -- Memetic Search for Optimal PD-Schedules -- Coping with Compulsory Requests -- Request Selection and Collaborative Planning -- Conclusions.This book represents the compilation of several research approaches on oper…
Reverse Logistics -- OR in Entertainment and Sports -- Service Management -- Telecommunication -- Production, Logistics and Supply Chain Management -- Transportation and Traffic -- Project Management and Scheduling -- Marketing -- Energy, Environment and Health -- Optimisation of Bio Systems -- Finance, Banking and Insurances -- Simulation and Applied Probability -- Continuous Optimisation -- D…
Executive overview of PLM -- to PLM -- Progress depends on retentiveness -- The opportunities and benefits of PLM -- The rationale for PLM -- Different views of PLM -- You start here — in the details of the PLM swamp -- PLM has the answers -- Some components of PLM -- Uncoordinated incoherent improvement initiatives -- Coherent vision, strategy, plan, resources, metrics -- A company's PLM Vis…
Models and Basic Concepts -- Relations, Schedules, and Objective Functions -- Relaxation-Based Algorithms -- Constructive Algorithms -- Supplements -- Applications -- Conclusions.
Holistic Approaches to Collaborative Networks -- Breeding Environments Management -- VO Creation and Frameworks -- VO Creation and Partner Selection -- VO Creation and Optimization -- Trust Management -- VO Management -- VO Coordination -- Network Benefit Analysis -- Performance Measurement -- Performance Management -- Modeling and Meta-Modeling -- Process Modeling -- Professional Virtual Commu…
Applications to Marketing -- Advertising Directed Towards Existing and New Customers -- Advertising and Advertising Claims Over Time -- Environmental Applications -- Capital Resource Substitution, Overshooting, and Sustainable Development -- Hierarchical and Asymptotic Optimal Control Models for Economic Sustainable Development -- Common Property Resource and Private Capital Accumulation with R…
Decision problems and decision-making procedures -- Decision problems -- Goal and problem-finding systems as requirements for the discovery of decision problems -- Rational decisions -- Decision-making procedures -- A general heuristic decision-making procedure -- Overview of decision-making procedure -- Discovering and analysing the decision problem -- Developing and evaluating options -- Esta…