The scope of this book is Operations Research methods in Agriculture and a thorough discussion of derived applications in the Agri-food industry. The book summarizes current research and practice in this area and illustrates the development of useful approaches to deal with actual problems...

Introduction -- Water as a Natural Resource -- Hydropower with Constraints -- Multiple Producers -- Mix of Thermal and Hydropower Plants -- Trade -- Intermittent Energy -- Pumped-storage Hydroelectricity -- Uncertainty -- Transmission -- Market Power -- Summary and Conclusions.

Introduction -- Data Envelopment Analysis -- Production Possibility Set and Efficiency -- Multiple Objective Linear Programming -- Comparison of Data Envelopment Analysis and Multiple Objective Linear Programming -- Incorporating Preference Information to Data Envelopment Analysis -- Value...

Material Optimization in Web Manufacturing -- Optimization in PCB Manufacturing -- A Statistical Procedure for Minimizing In Vivo Tests for Quality Control of Vaccines -- Plant Loading and Dispatch Planning -- Deckle Optimization in Paper Industry -- A Scientific Tool for Workforce Management in...

Multiobjective and Multicriteria Problems and Decision Models -- Multiobjective and Multicriteria Decision Processes and Methods -- Basic Concepts on Risk Analysis, Reliability and Maintenance -- Multidimensional Risk Analysis -- Preventive Maintenance Decisions -- Decision Making in...

Introduction -- Classic regression metamodels and their designs -- Classic assumptions versus simulation practice -- Screening the many inputs of realistic simulation models -- Kriging metamodels and their designs -- Simulation optimization.

This handbook represents a milestone in the progression of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Written by experts who are often major contributors to DEA theory, it includes a collection of chapters that represent the current state-of-the-art in DEA research. Topics include distance functions and...

Estimation Theory for Generalized Linear Models -- New Distorsion Risk Measure Based on Bimodal Distributions -- Stress Testing Engineering: Risk Vs Incident -- The Skin In The Game Heuristic for Protection Against Tail Events -- The Fragility Theorem -- Financial Modeling, Memory and...

Location Analysis in Practice -- Location Analysis in Banking: A New Methodology and Application for a Turkish Bank -- Location Modeling for Logistics Parks -- An Introduction to Industrial Forestry from a Location Perspective -- Layout Planning Problems in Health Care -- Modeling the Potential...