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The Next Wave in Computing, Optimization, and Decision Technologies

Author : Bruce L. Golden

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 395 pages

File Size : 41,20 MB

Release : 2006-10-13

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0387235299

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Book Description

Computer Science and Operations Research continue to have a synergistic relationship and this book represents the results of the cross-fertilization between OR/MS and CS/AI. It is this interface of OR/CS that makes possible advances that could not have been achieved in isolation. Taken collectively, these articles are indicative of the state of the art in the interface between OR/MS and CS/AI and of the high-caliber research being conducted by members of the INFORMS Computing Society.



Extending the Horizons: Advances in Computing, Optimization, and Decision Technologies

Author : Edward K. Baker

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 22,39 MB

Release : 2007-04-30

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 038748793X

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Book Description

This book represents the results of cross-fertilization between OR/MS and CS/AI. It is this interface of OR/CS that makes possible advances that could not have been achieved in isolation. Taken collectively, these articles are indicative of the state-of-the-art in the interface between OR/MS and CS/AI and of the high caliber of research being conducted by members of the INFORMS Computing Society.



Telecommunications Modeling, Policy, and Technology

Author : S. Raghavan

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 25,71 MB

Release : 2008-02-06

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0387777806

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This book examines the newer and emerging models of telecommunications technology that play instrumental roles in providing international economic and societal interconnectivity. Advancing technology in the field imposes the need to develop new models to solve complex planning and decision making problems. The book explores natural output of the new technical developments and applications with selective chapter treatment on novel business models to fill technical and business needs.



Reactive Search and Intelligent Optimization

Author : Roberto Battiti

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 198 pages

File Size : 11,38 MB

Release : 2008-12-16

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0387096248

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Reactive Search and Intelligent Optimization is an excellent introduction to the main principles of reactive search, as well as an attempt to develop some fresh intuition for the approaches. The book looks at different optimization possibilities with an emphasis on opportunities for learning and self-tuning strategies. While focusing more on methods than on problems, problems are introduced wherever they help make the discussion more concrete, or when a specific problem has been widely studied by reactive search and intelligent optimization heuristics. Individual chapters cover reacting on the neighborhood; reacting on the annealing schedule; reactive prohibitions; model-based search; reacting on the objective function; relationships between reactive search and reinforcement learning; and much more. Each chapter is structured to show basic issues and algorithms; the parameters critical for the success of the different methods discussed; and opportunities for the automated tuning of these parameters.



Graphs, Dioids and Semirings

Author : Michel Gondran

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 401 pages

File Size : 22,72 MB

Release : 2008-05-14

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0387754504

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The primary objective of this essential text is to emphasize the deep relations existing between the semiring and dioïd structures with graphs and their combinatorial properties. It does so at the same time as demonstrating the modeling and problem-solving flexibility of these structures. In addition the book provides an extensive overview of the mathematical properties employed by "nonclassical" algebraic structures which either extend usual algebra or form a new branch of it.



Fleet Telematics

Author : Asvin Goel

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 17,19 MB

Release : 2007-10-23

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 038775105X

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Book Description

This book combines wireless telematics systems with dynamic vehicle routing algorithms and vehicle-positioning systems to produce a telematics-enabled information system that can be employed by commercial fleet operators for real-time monitoring, control, and planning. The book further presents a Messaging And Fleet Monitoring System and a Dynamic Planning System (DPS) that provides real-time decision support considering the current state of the transportation system.



Metaheuristic Optimization via Memory and Evolution

Author : Cesar Rego

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 472 pages

File Size : 29,12 MB

Release : 2006-03-30

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0387236678

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Tabu Search (TS) and, more recently, Scatter Search (SS) have proved highly effective in solving a wide range of optimization problems, and have had a variety of applications in industry, science, and government. The goal of Metaheuristic Optimization via Memory and Evolution: Tabu Search and Scatter Search is to report original research on algorithms and applications of tabu search, scatter search or both, as well as variations and extensions having "adaptive memory programming" as a primary focus. Individual chapters identify useful new implementations or new ways to integrate and apply the principles of TS and SS, or that prove new theoretical results, or describe the successful application of these methods to real world problems.



Dynamic Fleet Management

Author : Vasileios S. Zeimpekis

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 20,94 MB

Release : 2007-10-05

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0387717226

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Book Description

This book focuses on real time management of distribution systems, integrating the latest results in system design, algorithm development and system implementation to capture the state-of-the art research and application trends. The book important topics such as goods dispatching, couriers, rescue and repair services, taxi cab services, and more. The book includes real-life case studies that describe the solution to actual distribution problems by combining systemic and algorithmic approaches.



The Management of Transshipment Terminals

Author : Dirk C. Mattfeld

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 185 pages

File Size : 11,39 MB

Release : 2006-06-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0387308547

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A unique treatment of the transshipment operation and processes on the shipment of automobiles from the Bremerhaven harbor, Germany. The book is an analytical, theoretical, and practical work that incorporates Network Optimization, Logistics, Distribution, Transportation, and Supply Chain Management into a framework of Information Systems for a comprehensive understanding of the development of transshipment terminals in the global economy. More specifically, the book examines transshipment terminals and how they can be made more efficient.



Advances in Optimization and Decision Science for Society, Services and Enterprises

Author : Massimo Paolucci

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 493 pages

File Size : 48,11 MB

Release : 2020-01-25

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3030349608

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The contributions included in the volume are drawn from presentations at ODS2019 – International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science, which was the 49th annual meeting of the Italian Operations Research Society (AIRO) held at Genoa, Italy, on 4-7 September 2019. This book presents very recent results in the field of Optimization and Decision Science. While the book is addressed primarily to the Operations Research (OR) community, the interdisciplinary contents ensure that it will also be of very high interest for scholars and researchers from many scientific disciplines, including computer sciences, economics, mathematics, and engineering. Operations Research is known as the discipline of optimization applied to real-world problems and to complex decision-making fields. The focus is on mathematical and quantitative methods aimed at determining optimal or near-optimal solutions in acceptable computation times. This volume not only presents theoretical results but also covers real industrial applications, making it interesting for practitioners facing decision problems in logistics, manufacturing production, and services. Readers will accordingly find innovative ideas from both a methodological and an applied perspective.