Applications of management science / edited by Kenneth D. Lawrence, Gary Kleinman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawrence, Kenneth D., editor.

Kleinman, Gary, editor.

Series:

Applications of management science ; Volume 16.

Applications of Management Science ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management science.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, [England] : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.

Summary:

Section one is focused on multi-criteria decision applications, the second on supply chain management and finally authors look at productivity analysis. Thus this volume will be of interest to those involved in the applications of these methods, in a realistic managerial problem solving environment through the use of management science modeling.

Contents:

Front Cover

Applications of Management Science

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Contributors

Editorial Board

Multi-Criteria Optimization

Multi-Criteria Optimization for Selection of Components from End-of-Life Products

Introduction and Background

ARTODTO system

Nomenclature

Problem Formulation

Goals

Constraints

Numerical Example

Results

Conclusion

References

Multi-Objective Traveling Salesman and Transportation Problems with Environmental Aspects

Introduction

Methodology

Traveling Salesman Problem

Transportation Problem

"Eroski" Case Study

Data Used for Computations

Models Formulations

Traveling Salesman Problem: Minimization of Total Distance versus Minimization of CO2 Emission within the Route

Transportation Problem: Maximization of Delivered Pallets versus Minimization of Total Distance

Transportation Problem: Maximization of Delivered Pallets versus Minimization of CO2 Emissions

Computational and Practical Results

Traveling Salesman Problem - Practical Results

Transportaion Problem - Practical Results

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Selected Multi-Criteria Green Vehicle Routing Problems

Freight Transportation

Vehicle Routing Problem

VRP Examples

"Spanish Company of Groceries"

History.

National Expansion in the 1990s

International Connections in the 2000s

Mission

Policy

Input Data

Mathematical Models

Maximization of Demand versus Minimization of Total Distance

Maximization of Demand versus Minimization of Altitude

Notes

Applications of Optimization

A Meta-Goal Programming Model for Selection in a Firm in a Multi-Product Multi-Vendor Multi-Location Situation

Supply Chain Vendor Selection

Meta-Goal Programming

Meta-Goal Model Formulation

Evaluating the Health of Life and Health Insurance Companies

Previous Studies

Model

The Data Envelopment Analysis Model

Data and Methodology

Empirical Analysis

Summary and Conclusions

Optimal Process Parameters for Multiple Characteristics with Several Objectives

Research Objectives

Model Formulation

Priority Level P1 Objective

Priority Level P2 Objective

Priority Level P3 Objective

Supply Chain Management

An Integer Programming Solution to the Folding Carton Printing Plate Layout Problem

Background

Existing Literature

Integer Linear Programming Formulation

Conclusion and Future Work

Appendix

A Readiness Decision Model for Canceling Navy Ship Maintenance Availabilities

Literature Review

Method

Attributes

Mandatory Maintenance

Non-Mandatory Maintenance

Mission Impact - Maintenance

Mission Impact - Modernization

Maintenance Backlog

Surface Ship Life Cycle Critical Systems for DDGs X and Y.

Availability Cancelation Decision Tree.

Comprehensive Results of Maintenance Availability Cancelation Decision Model

Coordinating Supply Chains with Fairness Concerns using Option Contracts

Model Development

Benchmark: Both Channel Members Are Rational

Case 1: A Rational Supplier and a Fair-Minded Retailer

Case 2: A Fair-minded Supplier and a Rational Retailer

Case 3: A Fair-minded Supplier and a Fair-Minded Retailer

Acknowledgment

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 25, 2017).

ISBN:

1-78714-282-5