This book examines the Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem (CLSP) in process industries. In almost all process industries, there are situations where products have short/long setup times, and the setup of the product and its subsequent production are carried over, across consecutive periods. The...

Einleitung -- Losgrößen- und Instandhaltungsplanung in der Sachgüterindustrie -- Entwicklung eines Entscheidungsmodells zur Losgrößenplanung bei industrieller Sachgüterproduktion -- Erweiterung des Entscheidungsmodells um die integrierte Optimierung der Losgrößen- und...

Supply Chain Planning and Coordination -- Coordination Mechanisms for Supply Chain Planning -- New Coordination Schemes -- New Coordination Mechanisms -- Computational Tests of Coordination Schemes -- Summary and Outlook

Production and Operations Management: Models and Algorithms -- Graphical Modeling of Substitutions and Flexible Bills-of-Materials -- Literature Review -- Efficient Reformulations for Uncapacitated and Capacitated Lot-Sizing with Substitutions and Initial Inventories -- MIP-Based Heuristics for...

Selected Topics in Cooperative Game Theory -- Algorithmic Game Theory -- Cooperation in Supply Chains -- An Economic Lot Sizing Game -- A Lot Sizing Game with Uncertain Demand -- A Capacitated Lot Sizing Game with Transshipments, Scarce Capacities, and Player-Dependent Cost Coefficients -- A...

Problemstellung und Aufbau der Arbeit -- Planungsaufgaben in Zuliefernetzwerken -- Interdependente Losgrößenplanung in Zulieferer-Abnehmer-Beziehungen -- Simulation und Ergebnisanalyse -- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

Einordnung und Klassifizierung von Problemen der Losgrößenplanung -- Modellformulierungen für mehrstufige Losgrößenprobleme mit Kapazitätsrestriktionen -- Algorithmische Ansätze zur Lösung dynamischer Losgrößenprobleme mit Kapazitätsrestriktionen -- Eine iterative...

Lotsizing problems are found in every company, which produces various items on resources with scarce capacities. In general, the objective is to find production plans, which meet demand with the resources` given capacities and at minimal costs. However, there is a great variety of...

This book presents the latest developments and breakthroughs in fuzzy theory and performance prediction of queuing and reliability models by using the stochastic modeling and optimization theory. The main focus is on analytics that use fuzzy logic, queuing and reliability theory for the...

Introduction -- Mathematical Models for Appointment Planning -- Basic Queuing Theory -- Access Time and Waiting List Management -- Scheduling Appointment Slots -- Specific Appointment systems -- Improving Clinic Operations -- Challenges in Appointment Planning.