Operations Research category: 1119 books

Despite significant achievements, the discipline of supply chain management is still unable to satisfactorily handle many practical real-world challenges.  The authors of Networks Against Time claim that a unified supply chain network analytics framework is needed which should be able to handle optimization...

Presents an important and unique introduction to random walk theory Random walk is a stochastic process that has proven to be a useful model in understanding discrete-state discrete-time processes across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines. Elements of Random Walk and Diffusion Processes...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensforschung, Operations Research, Note: 1,3, Fachhochschule Braunschweig / Wolfenbüttel; Standort Wolfenbüttel (Fachbereich Industrieinformatik), Veranstaltung: Operations Research, 25 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensforschung, Operations Research, Note: 1,0, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Operations Research), Veranstaltung: Seminar 'Fallstudien zur Anwendung des OR in der Industrie', Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: A, University of Massachusetts Boston, language: English, abstract: Continuous improvement refers to the process in which an organization makes effort to improve its services, processes and products. For...

The Handbook of Simulation Optimization presents an overview of the state of the art of simulation optimization, providing a survey of the most well-established approaches for optimizing stochastic simulation models and a sampling of recent research advances in theory and methodology. Leading contributors...

This book presents papers by experts in the field of Industrial Engineering, covering topics in business strategy; modelling and simulation in operations research; logistics and production; service systems; innovation and knowledge; and project management. The focus of operations and production management...

Operations management is a tool by which companies can effectively meet customers’ needs using the least amount of resources necessary. With the emergence of sensors and smart metering, big data is becoming an intrinsic part of modern operations management. Applied Big Data Analytics in Operations...

Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is a subfield of Operations Research, dealing with decision making problems. A decision-making problem is characterized by the need to choose one or a few among a number of alternatives. The field of MCDM assumes special importance in this era of Big Data and...

This work encapsulates the essential developments in this field into a single resource, as well as to set an agenda for further development in the field. This brief focuses on the demand flexibility in supply chains with fragmented results distributed throughout the literature. These results have...

This book lays the foundations for quality modeling and analysis in the context of supply chains through a synthesis of the economics, operations management, as well as operations research/management science literature on quality. The reality of today's supply chain networks, given their global reach...

This textbook presents global supply chain and operations management from a comprehensive perspective, combining value creation networks and interacting processes. It focuses on the operational roles in the networks and presents the quantitative and organizational methods needed to plan and control...

This book presents recent work in the physics and economics of management through the developmental theory and practice of management science/operations research (MS/OR) that goes beyond the author’s earlier book on the same subject. (Volume 125 in Springer’s MS/OR series) This current work makes...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: 70.00/100.00, University of Strathclyde (Strathclyde Business School), course: MSc Business Analysis and Consulting, language: English, abstract: In this scientific essay, the three service operations...