Operational research books

Scatter Search (SS)-together with its generalized form called Path Relinking-constitutes the only evolutionary approach...  Read More >>

The developments within the computationally and numerically oriented ar­ eas of Operations Research, Finance, Statistics...  Read More >>

Intelligent Support Systems for Marketing Decisions examines new product development, market penetration strategies,...  Read More >>

In Decision Modelling And Information Systems: The Information Value Chain the authors explain the interrelationships...  Read More >>

Manufacturing industries are devoted to producing high-quality products in the most economical and timely manner....  Read More >>

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Multiobjective Scheduling by Genetic Algorithms describes methods for developing multiobjective solutions to common...  Read More >>

This book is a compilation of a selected subset of research articles presented at the Eighth INFORMS Computing Society...  Read More >>

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Entropy optimization is a useful combination of classical engineering theory (entropy) with mathematical optimization....  Read More >>

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The factory scheduling problem, that of allocating machines to competing jobs in manufacturing facilities to optimize...  Read More >>

Driven by the request for increased productivity, flexibility, and competitiveness, modern civilization increasingly...  Read More >>

Telecommunications Network Planning will benefit both telecommunications practitioners looking for efficient methods...  Read More >>

Cutting and packing problems such as the cutting of sheet metal and the loading of contain­ ers or, in a more abstract...  Read More >>

Chapter 2, ""Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic"", provides a short introduction to fuzzy sets, fuzzy relations, the extension...  Read More >>

The connected dominating set has been a classic subject studied in graph theory since 1975. Therefore, this would...  Read More >>

PREFACE TO THE COLLECTION PREAMBLE The editors are pleased to present a selection of Henri Theil's contributions...  Read More >>

Rule-based fuzzy modeling has been recognised as a powerful technique for the modeling of partly-known nonlinear...  Read More >>

Bausch categorizes the social aspects of current systemic thinking as falling into five broadly thematic areas:...  Read More >>

Tech­ niques such as simulated annealing, tabu search, genetic algorithms, scatter search, greedy randomized adaptive...  Read More >>

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Among the latter, we find some well-known decision support techniques: cost-benefit analysis, multiple criteria...  Read More >>

Multiple criteria decision-making research has developed rapidly and has become a main area of research for dealing...  Read More >>

Models, Methods, Concepts and Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process is a volume dedicated to selected...  Read More >>