Setting out to dispel the argument that case study research lacks the science, theory, and therefore validity of other forms of research, Evert Gummesson combines many decades of experience as both a renowned scholar and a reflective practitioner to effectively bridge the divide between case...

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...

Introduction -- Classic regression metamodels and their designs -- Classic assumptions versus simulation practice -- Screening the many inputs of realistic simulation models -- Kriging metamodels and their designs -- Simulation optimization.