Whether you're a small or mid-size organization, managing operations can be challenging. This book provides greater insight into the methods, techniques, and tools that can be used against a well-prov
Evolutionary algorithms are becoming increasingly attractive across various disciplines, such as operations research, computer science, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, social science a
Transportation systems analysis is a multidisciplinary field which draws onengineering, economics, operations research, political science, psychology, management, and otherdisciplines. The major text
Large-scale optimization is becoming increasingly important for students and professionals in electrical and industrial engineering, computer science, management science and operations research, and a
Through a unique interdisciplinary perspective on quality management in health care, this text covers the subjects of operations management, organizational behavior, and health services research. With
In this book quantitative approaches are proposed for production planning problems in automated manufacturing. In particular, techniques from operations research provide ways to tackle these problems.
This text is intended primarily for readers interested in mathematical probability as applied to mathematics, statistics, operations research, engineering, and computer science. It is also appropriate
Discusses how to start a food truck business, covering market research, business planning, financing, legal issues, marketing, menu planning, dealing with customers, daily operations, and growing the
This book contains eleven chapters describing some of the most recent methodological operations research developments in transportation. It is structured around the main transportation modes, and each
This book guides professionals on how to use operations research to solve problems and capture opportunities for government customers. The governments of modern democratic nations manage large complex
Ties, Rails, and Telegraph Wires combines literary memories, historic research, and knowledge of railroad operations with historic photographs to celebrate railroads in Montana and the West. It descri
This book explores the history, structure and current operations of the World Bank, which despite being the largest development organisation and the largest development research body in the world with
"This is an excellent and well-written text on discrete event simulation with a focus on applications in Operations Research. There is substantial attention to programming, output analysis, pseudo-ran
This study comes to grips with the industrial outranking problem, one of the major outstanding problems of current operations research and managerial decision-making. The problem, simply stated, is th
The advent of augmented reality technologies used to assist human operators in complex manipulative operations—has brought an urgency to research into the modeling and training of human skills in Virt
Early in Dr. Brierly's career as a mathematician doing operations research for the US Department of Defense the author acquired an interest in investigating ways to optimize winning games of chance.
Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is a subfield of Operations Research, dealing with decision making problems. A decision-making problem is characterized by the need to choose one or a few amon
John D. C. Little of MIT's Sloan School of Management is famous for his contributions to operations research and marketing science. He formulated a fundamental theorem in queuing theory known as Littl
Winner of the 1983 Lanchester Prize of the Operations Research Society of AmericaThis book by a recognized authority on game theory and its applications introduces social scientists in a variety of di
Quadratic programming is a mathematical technique that allows for the optimization of a quadratic function in several variables. QP is a subset of Operations Research and is the next higher lever of s
One of the central problems in operations research and management science is how to quantify the effects of uncertainty about the future. This, the second volume in a series of handbooks, is devoted t
The Handbook of Economic Growth provides a broad review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern growth economics. The chapters, written by research leaders, summar
Neuroepidemiology is the epidemiologic study of neurological conditions. This fine text provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of research methods for conducting epidemiologic and clinical
In today's competitive globalized market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (
In today's competitive globalized market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (
The use of innovative computational models in political economic research as a complement to traditional analytical methodologies. Researchers are increasingly turning to computational methods to st
Covers a broad range of HCI related topics, including Visualisation, Computer Supported Communication, Task Analysis, Formal Methods, User Support, and Cyberspace. Both research and commercial perspec
Graphene: Important Results and Applications provides an overview on the latest research in graphene production and applications. The most advanced methods of production, including chemical vapor depo
Utilizing extensive original research, in-depth interviews, archival materials, original texts, and examples of methods of complaint in soviet and contemporary Russia this book demonstrates the transf
Understanding Victimology: An Active-Learning Approach explains what the field of victimology is – including its major theoretical perspectives and research methods – and provides insight into the dyn
In this collection of 11 essays, international contributors in library and information studies, digital humanities, and computer science discuss policies, practices, methods, and research in the manag
This book considers scientific method in the behavioral sciences, with particularreference to psychology. Psychologists learn about research methods and use them to conduct theirresearch, but their tr
Addressing global environmental problems, such as global warming is essential to global sustainability. Continued research leads to advancement in standard methods and produces new data. Carbon Dioxid
This graduate text provides an intuitive but rigorous treatment of contemporary methods used in microeconometric research. The book makes clear that applied microeconometrics is about the estimation
Empirical Political Analysis introduces students to the full range of qualitative and quantitative methods used in political science research.Organized around all of the stages of the research process
Neuroscience research has exploded, with more than fifty thousand neuroscientists applying increasingly advanced methods. A mountain of new facts and mechanisms has emerged. And yet a principled frame
This textbook on sensation and perception includes classic and new studies, facts, themes, principles, and demonstrations and research methods. Reorganized, this edition updates the virtual labs to ad
Series: Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe : PRIVIREALThe Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a survey of the field covering the methods which underpin current work; mode
Assessing Educational Practices introduces the nonspecialist to the research methods used by economists in studies of education practices and the institutions and markets in which education takes plac
