Revenue management (RM) is becoming an increasingly important technique in the service sector, particularly in activities involving perishable goods or services which cannot be stored. The integration of RM into businesses results in simultaneity in the production and consumption of services and...

The management of fixed-income securities investment portfolios enjoys a long tradition in the capital markets. This paper analyses robust optimisation models as efficient tools for risk management of fixed-income securities. The study includes the analysis of scenario-based optimisation models...

This paper discusses revenue management; a technique that focuses on decision making that will maximize profit from the sale of perishable inventory units. New technologies management plays an important role in the development of revenue management techniques. Each new advancement in technology...

Distribution problems are of high relevance within the supply chain system. In real life situations various different commodities may flow in the distribution process. Furthermore, the connection between production and demand centres makes use of complex mesh networks that can include...

The city of Seville is currently developing a land - use reorganisation policy aimed at increasing the number of pedestrian spaces. This paper contains the microscopic simulation built to assess one of those pedestrianisation initiatives from the point of vi ew of its effects on traffic flows...

High-rise buildings with a considerable number of elevators represent a major logistic problem concerning saving space and time due to economic reasons. For this reason, complex Elevator Group Control Systems are developed in order to manage the elevators properly. Furthermore, the subject of...

Environmental management systems based on the ISO 14001 standard rely strongly on metrological measurement and confirmation processes to certify the extent to which organizations monitor and improve their environmental behavior. Nevertheless, the literature lacks in studies that assess the...