This handbook represents a milestone in the progression of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Written by experts who are often major contributors to DEA theory, it includes a collection of chapters that represent the current state-of-the-art in DEA research. Topics include distance functions and...

The International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management is sponsored by the Chinese Industrial Engineering Institution, CMES, which is the only national-level academic society for Industrial Engineering. The conference is held annually as the major event in this arena....

This textbook is comprised of detailed case studies covering challenging real world applications of OR techniques. Among the overall goals of the book is to provide readers with descriptions of the history and other background information on a variety of industries, service or other...

This is the first book to offer a complete spectrum of the role that operations research has played and can play in the improvement of North American freight railroads. It explores how decisions are made at railroads, contains examples of the mathematical programming formulations to the complex...

Volume 1: Part I: Single-modal Project Scheduling: Minimizing the Project Duration -- Part II: Single-modal Project Scheduling: Alternative Objectives -- Part III: Multi-modal Project Scheduling -- Volume 2: Part IV: Multi-Project Problems -- Part V: Project Scheduling Under Uncertainty and...

Volume 1: Part I: Single-modal Project Scheduling: Minimizing the Project Duration -- Part II: Single-modal Project Scheduling: Alternative Objectives -- Part III: Multi-modal Project Scheduling -- Volume 2: Part IV: Multi-Project Problems -- Part V: Project Scheduling Under Uncertainty and...

Themenöffnung -- Produktions- und Kostentheorie -- Strategisch-taktische Gestaltungszugänge -- Sourcing- und Materialmanagement -- Prozeßmanagement -- Produkt- und Programmanagement -- Workbook zur strukturierten Aufgabenbearbeitung -- Übungsklausur (60 min) -- Lösungen zu den Kapiteln 2 bis 8.

Das Buch bietet eine fundierte, anschauliche Einführung in die grundlegenden Modelle und Methoden des Operations Research, insbesondere für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler. Die lineare Optimierung wird einschließlich Dualität und Sensitivitätsanalyse behandelt, vielfältige Beispiele zeigen ihr...

The decision technologies, tools and theories of Operations Research and Management Sciences have long been applied to a wide range of issues and problems within health care. To date, however, there has been no single handbook that synthesizes the wide applicability of such techniques. The...