Operations Research category: 1119 books
Systems Engineering
Reliability Analysis Using k-out-of-n Structures
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019
A substantial amount of research has been conducted on consecutive k-out-of-n and related reliability systems over the past four decades. These systems have been used to model various engineering systems such as the microwave stations of telecoms network, oil pipeline systems, and vacuum systems in...
The Management of Industrial Forest Plantations
Theoretical Foundations and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The Management of Industrial Forest Plantations. Theoretical Foundations and Applications provides a synthesis of current knowledge about industrial forestry management planning processes. It covers components of the forest supply chain ranging from modelling techniques to management planning approaches...
Introduction to Cutting and Packing Optimization
Problems, Modeling Approaches, Solution Methods
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important and frequently considered optimization problems concerning cutting and packing. Based on appropriate modeling approaches for the problems considered, it offers an introduction to the related solution methods. It also addresses aspects...
by Olof Dahlbäck
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Olof Dahlbäck's book breaks new ground for the analysis of crime from a rationality perspective by presenting models and methods that go far beyond those with which researchers have hitherto been equipped. The book examines single crimes, individual criminality, and societal crime, and it discusses...
The Rocky Road to Publishing in the Management and Decision Sciences and Beyond
Experiencing the Journey and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014
This book documents the history of two research papers, from the first drafts to the final polished published articles, including the reviewer comments and the author responses. The documentary provides unique insights into the publishing process, which at times is filled with uncertainties, not only...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
This book combines the analytic principles of digital business and data science with business practice and big data. The interdisciplinary, contributed volume provides an interface between the main disciplines of engineering and technology and business administration. Written for managers, engineers...
Cost Accounting in Anglophone Subsidiaries
Empirical Evidence from Germany
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Cost accounting in Anglophone countries is in general less detailed than German cost accounting. Such cross-national differences imply a tension for Anglophone multinationals operating in Germany. These firms have to balance the group-wide application of their home-country traditions and the approval...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a major influence on the development of new technologies and innovations. When utilized properly, these applications can enhance business functions and make them easier to perform. Protocols and Applications for the Industrial Internet of Things discusses and...
Group Decision and Negotiation in an Uncertain World
18th International Conference, GDN 2018, Nanjing, China, June 9-13, 2018, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2018, held in Nanjing, China, in June 2018.
The field of Group Decision and Negotiation focuses on decision processes with at least two participants and a common goal...
The Shortest Distance Between You and Your New Product, 2nd Edition
How Innovators Use Rapid Learning Cycles to Get Their Best Ideas to Market Faster
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Do your products take too long to get to market?
The Rapid Learning Cycles framework is an approach to product development that has helped hundreds of teams get their products to market faster.
When you can get your product into customers' hands faster, you see your vision brought...
Equitable Resource Allocation
Models, Algorithms and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
A unique book that specifically addresses equitable resource allocation problems with applications in communication networks, manufacturing, emergency services, and more
Resource allocation problems focus on assigning limited resources in an economically beneficial way among competing activities....
Robust Optimization of Spline Models and Complex Regulatory Networks
Theory, Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
This book introduces methods of robust optimization in multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) and Conic MARS in order to handle uncertainty and non-linearity. The proposed techniques are implemented and explained in two-model regulatory systems that can be found in the financial sector and...
Pairwise Comparison Matrices and their Fuzzy Extension
Multi-criteria Decision Making with a New Fuzzy Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
This book offers the first comprehensive and critical literature review of fuzzy pairwise comparison methods derived from methods originally developed for crisp pairwise comparison matrices. It proposes new fuzzy extensions of these methods and provides a detailed study of the differences and analogies...
Light Rail Transit Systems
61 Lessons in Sustainable Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Light Rail Transit Systems: 61 Lessons in Sustainable Urban Development shows how to design and operate light rail to maximize its social benefits. Readers will learn how to understand the value of light rail and tactics on its effective integration into communities. It uses strong supporting evidence...