Customer lifetime value (LTV) models have long been used to focus direct marketing campaigns by allocating resources to those customers who are deemed to offer the most value to the company. Traditionally, customers are rank-ordered by their lifetime value and more marketing resources are...

As part of a widespread frustration with partisan gerrymandering, many states have considered or implemented redistricting reforms—and others will eventually have to—that include a higher degree of citizen participation in proposing and evaluating redistricting plans. In some states without...

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...

This paper addresses the integrated inbound and in-plant logistics for moving part containers from docks to their respective storage areas, usually termed as marketplaces, within a manufacturing plant. Heterogeneous Material Handling Resources (MHRs) are utilized for this movement. A mixed...