Download or read book Optimal and Approximate Policies in Multiperiod Multilocation Inventory Models with Transshipment written by Lawrence William Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operations Research Proceedings 2005 written by Hans-Dietrich Haasis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a selection of 128 papers presented in lectures during the international scientific symposium "Operations Research 2005" (OR 2005) held at the University of Bremen, September 7-9, 2005. This international conference took place under the auspices of the German Operations Research Society (GOR). The symposium had about 600 participants from countries all over the world. It attracted academics and practitioners working in various fields of Operations Research and provided them with the most recent advances in Operations Research as well as related areas in Economics, Mathematics, and Computer Science including the special interest streams Logistics and New Maritime Businesses. The program consisted of 3 plenary and 15 semi-plenary talks and about 400 contributed presentations selected by the program committee to be presented in 20 sections.
Download or read book Computational Optimization Methods and Algorithms written by Slawomir Koziel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational optimization is an important paradigm with a wide range of applications. In virtually all branches of engineering and industry, we almost always try to optimize something - whether to minimize the cost and energy consumption, or to maximize profits, outputs, performance and efficiency. In many cases, this search for optimality is challenging, either because of the high computational cost of evaluating objectives and constraints, or because of the nonlinearity, multimodality, discontinuity and uncertainty of the problem functions in the real-world systems. Another complication is that most problems are often NP-hard, that is, the solution time for finding the optimum increases exponentially with the problem size. The development of efficient algorithms and specialized techniques that address these difficulties is of primary importance for contemporary engineering, science and industry. This book consists of 12 self-contained chapters, contributed from worldwide experts who are working in these exciting areas. The book strives to review and discuss the latest developments concerning optimization and modelling with a focus on methods and algorithms for computational optimization. It also covers well-chosen, real-world applications in science, engineering and industry. Main topics include derivative-free optimization, multi-objective evolutionary algorithms, surrogate-based methods, maximum simulated likelihood estimation, support vector machines, and metaheuristic algorithms. Application case studies include aerodynamic shape optimization, microwave engineering, black-box optimization, classification, economics, inventory optimization and structural optimization. This graduate level book can serve as an excellent reference for lecturers, researchers and students in computational science, engineering and industry.
Download or read book Principles of Inventory Management written by John A. Muckstadt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventories are prevalent everywhere in the commercial world, whether it be in retail stores, manufacturing facilities, government stockpile material, Federal Reserve banks, or even your own household. This textbook examines basic mathematical techniques used to sufficiently manage inventories by using various computational methods and mathematical models. The text is presented in a way such that each section can be read independently, and so the order in which the reader approaches the book can be inconsequential. It contains both deterministic and stochastic models along with algorithms that can be employed to find solutions to a variety of inventory control problems. With exercises at the end of each chapter and a clear, systematic exposition, this textbook will appeal to advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students in operations research, industrial engineering, and quantitative MBA programs. It also serves as a reference for professionals in both industry and government worlds. The prerequisite courses include introductory optimization methods, probability theory (non-measure theoretic), and stochastic processes.
Download or read book Advances in Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture written by Run Liu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture focuses on the research of traffic infrastructure. This proceedings gathers the most cutting-edge research and achievements, aiming to provide scholars and engineers with a preferable research direction and engineering solutions as reference. Subjects in this proceedings include: - Road Engineering - Bridge Engineering - Tunneling - Construction Technology and Processes The works of this proceedings aim to promote the development of civil engineering and construction technology. Thereby, promote scientific information interchange between scholars from the top universities, research centers and high-tech enterprises working all around the world.
Download or read book Inventory Control written by Sven Axsäter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition, which has been fully updated and now includes improved and extended explanations, is suitable as a core textbook as well as a source book for industry practitioners. It covers traditional approaches for forecasting, lot sizing, determination of safety stocks and reorder points, KANBAN policies and Material Requirements Planning. It also includes recent advances in inventory theory, for example, new techniques for multi-echelon inventory systems and Roundy's 98 percent approximation. The book also considers methods for coordinated replenishments of different items, and various practical issues in connection with industrial implementation. Other topics covered in Inventory Control include: alternative forecasting techniques, material on different stochastic demand processes and how they can be fitted to empirical data, generalized treatment of single-echelon periodic review systems, capacity constrained lot sizing, short sections on lateral transshipments and on remanufacturing, coordination and contracts. As noted, the explanations have been improved throughout the book and the text also includes problems, with solutions in an appendix.
Download or read book Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management written by Herbert Kotzab and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-05-17 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For reseach in all subjects and among different philisopical paradigms, research methodologies form one of the key issues to rely on. This volume brings a series of papers together, which present different research methodologies as applied in supply chain management. This comprises review oriented papers that look at what kind of methodologies have been applied, as well as methodological papers discussing new developments needed to successfully conduct research in supply chain management. The third group is made up of applications of the respective methodologies, which serve as examples on how the different methodological approaches can be applied. All papers have undergone a review process to ensure their quality. Therefore, we hope that this book will serve as a valid source for current and future researchers in the field. While the workshop on “Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management” took place at the Supply Chain Management Center, Carl von Ossietzky Univ- sity in Oldenburg, Germany, it is based on a collaboration with the Supply Chain Management Group of the Department of Operations Management at the Cop- hagen Business School and the Department of Production Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. We would like to thank all those who contributed to the workshop and this book.
Download or read book Supply Chain written by Vedran Kordic and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally supply chain management has meant factories, assembly lines, warehouses, transportation vehicles, and time sheets. Modern supply chain management is a highly complex, multidimensional problem set with virtually endless number of variables for optimization. An Internet enabled supply chain may have just-in-time delivery, precise inventory visibility, and up-to-the-minute distribution-tracking capabilities. Technology advances have enabled supply chains to become strategic weapons that can help avoid disasters, lower costs, and make money. From internal enterprise processes to external business transactions with suppliers, transporters, channels and end-users marks the wide range of challenges researchers have to handle. The aim of this book is at revealing and illustrating this diversity in terms of scientific and theoretical fundamentals, prevailing concepts as well as current practical applications.
Download or read book Advances in Applied Artificial Intelligence written by Moonis Ali and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-27 with total page 1374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, IEA/AIE 2006, held in Annecy, France, June 2006. The book presents 134 revised full papers together with 3 invited contributions, organized in topical sections on multi-agent systems, decision-support, genetic algorithms, data-mining and knowledge discovery, fuzzy logic, knowledge engineering, machine learning, speech recognition, systems for real life applications, and more.
Download or read book Retail Supply Chain Management written by Narendra Agrawal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-29 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's retail environment, characterized by product proliferation, price competition, expectations of service quality, and advances in technology, many organizations are struggling to maintain profitability. Rigorous analytical methods have emerged as the most promising solution to many of these complex problems. Indeed, the retail industry has emerged as a fascinating choice for researchers in the field of supply chain management. In Retail Supply Chain Management, leading researchers provide a detailed review of cutting-edge methodologies that address the complex array of these problems. A critical resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of retailing, chapters in this book focus on three key areas: (1) empirical studies of retail supply chain practices, (2) assortment and inventory planning, and (3) integrating price optimization into retail supply chain decisions.
Download or read book Operations Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all aspects of OR including computing and decision technology; environment, energy and natural resources; financial services; logistics and supply chain operations; manufacturing operations; optimization; public and military services; simulation; stochastic models; telecommunications; and transportation.
Download or read book Analysis and Algorithms for Service Parts Supply Chains written by John A. Muckstadt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Provides a broad overview of modeling approaches and solution methodologies for addressing inventory problems, particularly the management of high cost, low demand rate service parts found in multi-echelon settings * The text may be used in a variety of courses for first-year graduate students or senior undergraduates, or as a reference for researchers and practitioners * A background in stochastic processes and optimization is assumed
Download or read book Computing and Combinatorics written by Kyung-Yong Chwa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-08-04 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference, COCOON 2004, held in Jeju Island, Korea, in August 2004. The 46 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on data structures and algorithms, computational geometry, games and combinatorics, combinatorial optimization, graph algorithms, automata and learning theory, scheduling, graph drawing, complexity theory, parallel and distributed architectures, and computational biology.
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Download or read book E Supply Chain Technologies and Management written by Zhang, Qingyu and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2007-03-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E-supply chain is the use of information technology, electronic means, or cyberspace to bring together widely dispersed suppliers and buyers, to enhance coordination and knowledge sharing, and to manage upstream and downstream value chain channels. E-Supply Chain Technologies and Management offers the most comprehensive analysis of the concepts, models, and IT infrastructures of electronic supply chains. This Premier Reference Source provides a broad understanding of issues pertaining to the use of emerging information technologies and their impact on supply chain flexibility and management. Professionals, researchers, and practitioners who want to explore the concepts and principles of e-supply chain, or want to apply various e-supply chain models and systems to solve business problems, will find this reference book to be an indispensable tool.
Download or read book Risk Pooling Essentials written by Gerald Oeser and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides comprehensive and concise definitions of risk pooling and risk-pooling methods, a straightforward statistical explanation, and a value-chain oriented framework for analyzing risk-pooling methods. Risk pooling mitigates demand and lead time uncertainty in logistics and supply chain management. The author also provides readers with a downloadable computerized decision support tool to compare and choose appropriate risk-pooling methods and to apply them in companies. Students and practitioners of logistics and supply chain management will find this book particularly useful.
Download or read book Optimal Joint Replenishment and Transshipment Policies in a Multi Period Inventory System With Lost Sales written by Shrutivandana Sharma and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mismatch between supply and demand when the uncertainty of the demand is high and the supply lead time is relatively long such as seasonal good markets can result in high overstocking and understocking costs. In this paper we propose proactive transshipment as a powerful mechanism to mitigate the mismatch between the supply and demand. We consider a finite horizon multi-period inventory system where in each period two retailers have the options to replenish their inventory from a supplier (if there is any supply) or via proactive transshipment from the other retailer. Each retailer observes non-negative stochastic demand with general distribution during the season and incurs overstocking/understocking costs as well as costs for replenishment and transshipment which may be time dependent. We study a stochastic control problem where the objective is to determine the optimal joint replenishment and proactive transshipment policies so as to minimize the total expected cost over the season. We characterize the structure of the optimal policy, and show that, unlike the known order-up-to level inventory policy, the optimal ordering policy in each period is determined based on two switching curves. Similarly, the optimal transshipment policy is also identified by two switching curves. These four curves together partitions the optimal joint ordering and transshipment polices to eight regions where in each region the optimal policy is an order-up-to-curve policy. We demonstrate that the structure of the optimal policy holds for any known sequence and combination of ordering and proactive transshipment over time. We also show that in the optimal policy retailers try to share the risk of the overstocking and understocking costs.
