This book describes how to plan and design efficient logistics systems considering simultaneously all integral aspects …

Variable Toll Pricing in Road Networks with Direct Search Meta-Heuristics -- Scatter Search for locating a treatment plant and … particular, applications in the area of transportation and logistics are considered, while other areas include production and …

-item inventory models and presents exact and heuristic optimization methods, including greedy heuristics that work well for real … the Graduate Program Operations Management and Logistics (a Dutch network that organizes PhD courses in the field of OM …&L). The required pre-knowledge consists of probability theory and basic knowledge of Markov processes and queuing theory. End …

Preliminaries -- The Knapsack Problem and Straightforward Optimization Methods -- Search Heuristics -- Metaheuristics … problems from the field of production and logistics, namely the Job Shop Scheduling and the Vehicle Routing Problem, based on …

(International Workshop on Distribution Logistics). The text covers the design of distribution networks, vehicle routing, warehousing …The complexity of distribution systems is augmented by various trends: globalization of the manufacturing industry … and reverse logistics. It also contains a comprehensive review of more than 60 case studies in reverse logistics …

Multiple production Stages -- Model reformulation & Heuristics … Management at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. The Editors The series Produktion und Logistik is edited by Prof. Dr …

manufacturing and service industries. The objective is to develop heuristics for these supply chain problems in order to offer … practical solutions to improve operational efficiency. These heuristics are evaluated using benchmark and derived data …-sets. Case studies pertaining to logistics in different industries including textile machinery manufacturing and banking are also …

manage your processes in procurement, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. In addition to a wealth of illustrations and …

, simulate and analyze such systems. In the process of developing optimal solutions, suitable heuristics and efficient procedures …