A logistics service provider often delivers goods to multiple customers on a single distribution route and emits CO2 while doing so. Since customers like to know the carbon footprint of products, they are interested in the amount of CO2 that is emitted as a result of their requested orders. Due...

Inventory control for parts with infrequent demands is difficult since forecasting their demand is problematic. Traditional forecasting methods, such as moving average and single exponential smoothing, are known not to suffice since they do not cope well with periods with zero demands. Croston...