This book is a volume in honor of Zvi Drezner's 75th birthday. Professor Drezner is a leading scholar in location science. He received his BSc degree in Mathematics in 1965 and his PhD. in Computer Science ten years later, both from the Technion in Haifa, Israel. Since 1978 he has published in...

We develop a general framework for the analysis of decentralized distribution systems. We carry the analysis in terms of a simplified model which entails N retailers who face stochastic demands and hold stocks locally and/or at one or more central locations. An exogenously specified fraction of...

The Greed and Regret problem is a simple model with applications in areas such as studies of crime, ultimatums, bidding, setting service levels and sales force compensation. In general, the Greed and Regret problem is not concave, and may admit several local optima. Nevertheless, the optimal...