Optimization: Using Models, Validating Models, Solutions, Answers -- From the Problem to its Mathematical Formulation -- Mathematical Solution Techniques -- Problems Solvable Using Linear Programming -- How Optimization is Used in Practice: Case Studies in Linear Programming -- Modeling...

Chapter1: Simulation of Rail Operations -- Chapter2: Capacity Assessment in Railway Networks -- Chapter3: Aggregation methods for railway network design based on lifted Benders Cuts -- Chapter4: Freight Train Routing -- Chapter5: Robust Train Timetabling -- Chapter6: Modern Challenges in...

Part I:- Discrete (Combinatorial) Optimisation -- Chapter 1:-Bilevel Discrete Optimisation: Computational Complexity and Applications -- Chapter 2:-Discrete Location Problems with Uncertainty -- Chapter 3:-Integrated vehicle routing problems: A survey -- Chapter 4:- The knapsack problem and its...

Setting out to dispel the argument that case study research lacks the science, theory, and therefore validity of other forms of research, Evert Gummesson combines many decades of experience as both a renowned scholar and a reflective practitioner to effectively bridge the divide between case...