Background: The corn supply chain is vital for food security and economic stability regionally and globally. This study integrates sustainable supply chain management with location optimization to address trade-offs from climate change, economic viability, and environmental impact while assuming...

Background: This research aims to solve a home healthcare vehicle routing problem (HHCVRP) model that considers the social aspect of sustainability and will be implemented in smart cities. In addition to the dynamism and uncertainty caused by variations in the patient's condition, the proposed...

Contents: Preface -- Part I: Imperfect information, responses to shocks, and credibility issues -- 1. Introduction, Part 1 -- 2. A basic model and some early results -- 3. The strategy of monetary policy: Targets, instruments and information variables -- 4. A variable price level, supply shocks...

This book describes and demonstrates how SAP® APO can be used to tackle real optimization problems arising in industry. In a unique combination it deals with the aspects of model-building as well as with the implementation in commercial supply chain management software, SAP APO being a typical...