Energy is essential and vital for development, and the global economy literally runs on energy. The use of fossil fuels as energy is now widely accepted as unsustainable due to depleting resources and also due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the environment. Renewable and carbon...

Inventory control is of prime importance in the management of operations. Researchers and practitioners have developed inventory techniques and models for various types of operating conditions. Unfortunately, this knowledge is not readily available in a form useful to practitioners. In this...