1. An Introduction to Redundancy -- 1.1 Redundancy -- 1.2 Causes of Redundancy -- 1.3 Consequences of Redundancy -- 1.4 Dealing with Redundancy -- 1.5 A Survey of the Literature -- 1.6 Objective and Plan of the Study -- 2. Mathematical Foundations and Notation -- 2.1 Notation -- 2.2 Terminology...

This volume contains over twenty original contributions, written by leading authorities in their field, dealing with decision models for supporting individuals facing situations encompassing multiple criteria and related problems. The book presents interactive methods for solving multiple...

In this paper, we develop a Lagrangean relaxation-based heuristic procedure to generate near-optimal solutions to very-large-scale capacitated lot-sizing problems (CLSP) with setup times and limited overtime. Our computational results show that large problems involving several thousand products...

In this paper we develop a new conditional penalty for the fixed charge transportation problem. This penalty is stronger than both the Driebeek penalties and the Lagrangean penalties of Cabot and Erenguc. Computational testing shows that the use of these penalties leads to significant reductions...