General Framework: Policy Making as a Problem with Multiple Criteria -- Economic Policy Using Applied General Equilibrium Models: An Overview -- Basic Aspects of the Multiple Criteria Decision Making Paradigm -- Multicriteria Economic Policies: General Ideas and Some Previous Experiences --...

This book provides cutting-edge research results and application experiences from researchers and practitioners in multiple criteria decision making areas. It consists of three parts: MCDM Foundation and Theory, MCDM Methodology, and MCDM Applications. In Part I, it covers the historical MCDM...

Framework for Retail Demand and Supply Chain Planning -- Empirical Insights, Quantitative Models and Software Applications for Master Category Planning -- Assortment and Shelf Space Planning -- Assortment, Shelf Space and Inventory Planning -- Assortment, Shelf Space and Price Planning

Introduction -- Literature Review -- Single-Stage Service Level and Tardiness Model -- Simultaneous Capacity and Planned Lead Time Optimization -- Optimal Composition of Number and Size of Machines -- Service Level Constraint Models -- Conclusion.

This book examines the problem of maintenance planning and scheduling in industrial production systems. It presents two practically relevant, deterministic mathematical models: the capacitated planned maintenance problem (CPMP) and the weighted uncapacitated planned maintenance problem (WUPMP)....

This book addresses the challenging task of demand forecasting and inventory management in retailing. It analyzes how information from point-of-sale scanner systems can be used to improve inventory decisions, and develops a data-driven approach that integrates demand forecasting and inventory...

This book deals with dynamic and stochastic methods for multi-project planning. Based on the idea of using queueing networks for the analysis of dynamic-stochastic multi-project environments this book addresses two problems: detailed scheduling of project activities, and integrated order...

The book is a benefit for graduate and postgraduate students in the areas of operations research, decision theory, optimization theory, linear algebra, interval analysis, and fuzzy sets. The book will also be useful for the researchers in the respective areas. The first part of the book deals...

A Bicriteria Traveling Salesman Problem with Sequence Priorities -- Metaheuristics for Tourist Trip Planning -- Solving Fuzzy Multi-Item Economic Order Quantity Problems via Fuzzy Ranking Functions and Particle Swarm Optimization -- Fixed and Variable Toll Pricing in Road Networks with Direct...