In today's global economy, operations strategy in supply chains must assume an ever-expanding and strategic role of risks. These operational and strategic facets entail a brand new set of operational problems and risks that have not always been understood or managed very well. This book provides...

Feedback Stackelberg Solutions of Infinite-Horizon Stochastic Differential Games -- Linear-Quadratic Stochastic Differential Games with General Noise Processes -- Suboptimal Policies for Stochastic N-Stage Optimization: Accuracy Analysis and a Case Study from Optimal Consumption -- Effective...

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This paper addresses an intertemporal inventory competition between a supplier (a provider, manufacturer) and a retailer engaged in a supply chain. The paper's focus is on the effect of capacity constraints on both parties when demands are seasonal. The paper provides a comparative study of two...

This book is divided into 3 parts. The first part introduces the basic concepts, definitions and the management of total quality. There follows a section which is orientated towards techniques, and the book concludes with a section covering appplication areas of particular importance in the...

Applied Stochastic Models and Control for Finance and Insurance presents at an introductory level some essential stochastic models applied in economics, finance and insurance. Markov chains, random walks, stochastic differential equations and other stochastic processes are used throughout the...