Category Archives: Production & Operations

Supply Chain Management: Models, Applications, and Research Directions (Applied Optimization)

This work brings together some of the most up to date research in the application of operations research and mathematical modeling techniques to supply chain management problems. The book’s chapters place a heavy emphasis on the application of modeling techniques … Continue reading

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Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes

This book presents applied probability and stochastic processes in an elementary but mathematically precise manner, with numerous examples and exercises to illustrate the range of engineering and science applications of the concepts. The book is designed to give the reader … Continue reading

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Markov Chains: Models, Algorithms and Applications (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)

Markov chains are a particularly powerful and widely used tool for analyzing a variety of stochastic (probabilistic) systems over time. This monograph will present a series of Markov models, starting from the basic models and then building up to higher-order … Continue reading

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Production Planning by Mixed Integer Programming (Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering)

This textbook provides a comprehensive modeling, reformulation and optimization approach for solving production planning and supply chain planning problems, covering topics from a basic introduction to planning systems, mixed integer programming (MIP) models and algorithms through the advanced description of … Continue reading

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Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)

This Third Edition introduces the latest theory and applications in optimization. It emphasizes constrained optimization, beginning with linear programming and then proceeding to convex analysis, network flows, integer programming, quadratic programming, and convex optimization. You’ll discover a host of practical … Continue reading

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Stochastic Processes, Optimization, and Control Theory: Applications in Financial Engineering, Queueing Networks, and Manufacturing Systems: A Volume in … in Operations Research & Management Science)

This edited volume contains 16 research articles. It presents recent and pressing issues in stochastic processes, control theory, differential games, optimization, and their applications in finance, manufacturing, queueing networks, and climate control. One of the salient features is that the … Continue reading

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Securing Electricity Supply in the Cyber Age: Exploring the Risks of Information and Communication Technology in Tomorrow’s Electricity Infrastructure (Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality)

The electricity infrastructure is one of society’s most critical infrastructures. The complexity of the electricity infrastructure system is increasing quickly, due to the increasing intensity of market-based power exchanges between electricity systems, the associated market restructuring and an increasing share … Continue reading

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Essential Guide to Operations Management: Concepts and Case Notes (Wiley)

This book is a novel treatment of Operations Management. It takes a fresh insight to this increasingly important topic, exploring fundamental principles equally applicable to service and manufacturing situations. The book adapts a strategic stance by providing a framework for … Continue reading

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New Developments in Multiple Objective and Goal Programming (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)

This volume shows the state-of-the-art in both theoretical development and application of multiple objective and goal programming. Applications from the fields of supply chain management, financial portfolio selection, financial risk management, insurance, medical imaging, sustainability, nurse scheduling, project management, water … Continue reading

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The Product Manager’s Toolkit: Methodologies, Processes and Tasks in High-Tech Product Management

Product management is challenging, complex, and often misunderstood. Across the high-tech industry, drastically different duties and responsibilities are attributed to product management professionals. Diverse interpretations regarding the role ofproduct management have only further confused practitioners and stifled the ability to … Continue reading

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