Operations Research category: 1119 books
by Leonard Berry, Kent Seltman
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic reveals for the first time how this complex service organization fosters a culture that exceeds customer expectations and earns deep loyalty from both customers and employees. Service business authority Leonard Berry and Mayo Clinic marketing administrator Kent...
Rethinking Rational Choice Theory
A Companion on Rational and Moral Action
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The marriage of neuroscience and the science of choice behaviour gave birth to neuroeconomics. Jan de Jong explores this new discipline, investigating the relationship between choice behaviour and brain activity, and the light that this sheds on our systems of reasoning.
Effects of Deregulation on Safety
Implications Drawn from the Aviation, Rail, and United Kingdom Nuclear Power Industries
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Effects of Deregulation on Safety provides a comprehensive overview of the safety experiences of these three case study industries and their implications for the U.S. nuclear power industry. The treatment of the subject is not highly technical, and hence is accessible to a wide range of readers with...
Game Theory
A Multi-Leveled Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
This textbook presents the basics of game theory both on an undergraduate level and on a more advanced mathematical level. It is the second, revised version of the successful 2008 edition. The book covers most topics of interest in game theory, including cooperative game theory. Part I presents introductions...
Benchmarking for Performance Evaluation
A Production Frontier Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
This book provides a detailed introduction to the theoretical and methodological foundations of production efficiency analysis using benchmarking. Two of the more popular methods of efficiency evaluation are Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), both of which are...
Designing Public Policies
An Approach Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Computable General Equilibrium Modeling
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
This monograph provides a novel approach to the evaluation of economic policy by combining two different analytical strategies. On the one hand, the computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis, a standard tool mostly used to quantify the impact of economic measures or changes in the structural data...
Models, Algorithms, and Technologies for Network Analysis
NET 2016, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, May 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
This valuable source for graduate students and researchers provides a comprehensive introduction to current theories and applications in optimization methods and network models. Contributions to this book are focused on new efficient algorithms and rigorous mathematical theories, which can be used...
by Robert Upson, Kathy A. Notarianni
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Quantitative Evaluation of Fire and EMS Mobilization Times presents comprehensive empirical data on fire emergency and EMS call processing and turnout times, and aims to improve the operational benchmarks of NFPA peer consensus standards through a close examination of real-world data. The book also...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2011
This edited volume expands the scope of risk management beyond finance to include resources and environment issues in China. It presents the state-of-the-art approaches of using risk management to effectively manage resources and environment. Both case studies and theoretical methodologies are discussed.
by S. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Taylor leads readers through creativity and how it relates to leadership followed by the five stages of theory behind the idea: 1) preparation, 2) time-off (or incubation), 3) the spark, 4) selection, and 5) elaboration.
by Steve Borris
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Proven methods for diagnosing problems, improving processes, and increasing profits
In Strategic Lean Mapping, continuous improvement expert Steven Borris reveals how to visually document your organization's processes and identify problematic issues. Find out how to blend and then apply select techniques...
by David Müller
Language: German
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Investitionen als eine wesentliche Grundlage unternehmerischer Tätigkeit sind durch komplexe Entscheidungsprozesse gekennzeichnet. Die Unterstützung der Unternehmensführung bei der Planung, Umsetzung und Kontrolle dieser Entscheidungen ist zentrale Aufgabe des Investitionscontrollings.
Die...
Bewertung und kognitive Wahrnehmung von Realoptionen
Simulationsbasierte und experimentelle Analysen im Kontext der Energiewirtschaft
Language: German
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Flexible Kraftwerke können als Realoptionen klassifiziert werden. Die Bewertung mit Verfahren der Optionspreistheorie ist aufgrund struktureller Unterschiede zu Finanzoptionen jedoch nicht unproblematisch. In diesem Zusammenhang greift der Autor zwei Fragestellungen auf. Zunächst analysiert er den...
LLRW Disposal Facility Siting
Successes and Failures in Six Countries
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Planning for the management of nuclear wastes -- whatever their level of radioactivity -- is one of the most important environmental problems for all societies that produce utility, industrial, medical, or other radioactive waste products. Attemps to site low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities...