Operations Research category: 1119 books
by Barry E Prentice, Darren Prokop
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Transportation is the world's largest invisible industry. Modern society is completely dependent on transportation to sustain its way of life, and it is all around us constantly. Yet the economics of transportation is a mystery to most people. Why do air fares rise and fall? Why do urban transit systems...
Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Maritime Studies and Logistics
Applications and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This book describes a wide range real-case applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) in maritime related subjects including shipping, port, maritime logistics, cruise ports, waterfront developments, and shipping finance, etc. In such areas, researchers, students and industrialists, in...
by Kevin Tierney
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This monograph addresses several critical problems to the operations of shipping lines and ports, and provides algorithms and mathematical models for use by shipping lines and port authorities for decision support. One of these problems is the repositioning of container ships in a liner shipping network...
by Walter E. Duckworth
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand. more perilous to conduct. or more uncertain in its success. than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions. and lukewarm defenders in those...
by John Duignan
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
This accessible new dictionary provides clear and authoritative definitions of terms, approaches, and techniques in the area of business research methods. It covers research philosophies including research design and qualitative and quantitative methods, types of data and data collection techniques,...
by Mike Metcalfe
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book suggests that business research, in the collection, analysis, and communication of evidence, will benefit from explicit acceptance of research as argumentation. Argumentation is the process of compiling an argument through selection and organization of the relevant evidence.
Recently, business...
A Guide to Systems Research
Philosophy, Processes and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
This guide is designed for systems researchers – emerging and seasoned – searching for holistic approaches of inquiry into complexity, which the Systems Sciences provide. The authors share insight into the foundations of research that are not only systematic in terms of rigor, but systemic in...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Project management as a discipline has experienced near-exponential growth in its application across the business and not-for-profit sectors. This original, authoritative guide provides both practitioner and student researchers with a complete guide to research practice on project management. In Designs,...
Twin-Win Research
Breakthrough Theories and Validated Solutions for Societal Benefit, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
The thrill of discovery and the excitement of innovation mean that research is often immensely satisfying. But beyond the personal satisfaction, the goal of research is to improve the lives of people everywhere by driving revolutionary advances in healthcare, education, business, and government. This...
Design Knowledge
A Visual Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Design research is a complex synthesis concerned with the design process, encompassing design epistemology, theoretical perspective, methodology, and method. The study of design research and its widespread applications began with the aspiration to scientize design. However, similar to its predecessors,...
Remote Research
Real Users, Real Time, Real Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Remote studies allow you to recruit subjects quickly, cheaply, and immediately, and give you the opportunity to observe users as they behave naturally in their own environment. In Remote Research, Nate Bolt and Tony Tulathimutte teach you how to design and conduct remote research studies, top to bottom, with little more than a phone and a laptop.
Information Systems Research and Exploring Social Artifacts
Approaches and Methodologies
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Centered on the impact of information and communication technology in socio-technical environments and its support of human activity systems, the study of information systems remains a distinctive focus in the area of computer science research. Information Systems Research and Exploring Social Artifacts:...
Operational Research in Business and Economics
4th International Symposium and 26th National Conference on Operational Research, Chania, Greece, June 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
This book gathers a selection of refereed papers presented at the 4th International Symposium and 26th National Conference of the Hellenic Operational Research Society. It highlights recent scientific advances in operational research and management science (OR/MS), with a focus on linking OR/MS with...
Qualitative Organizational Research Volume 3
Best papers from the Davis Conference on Qualitative Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
The Davis Conference on Organizational Research, held for the last 15 years, is the world’s leading conference for qualitative researchers in organizational studies. Scholars receiving the “Best presentation awards” at the Davis Conference for the past 6 years have contributed chapters to this...