The Editors have taken the occasion of Professor John A. Buzacott's retirement as a motivating event to develop this volume. The objectives of Stochastic Modeling And Optimization Of Manufacturing Systems And Supply Chains is to both honor John Buzacott's achievements and to publish a set of...

The disciplines of Computer Science and Operations Research have been linked since their origins and each have contributed to the dramatic advances of the other. This volume examines some of the recent advances resulting from the confluence between these two technical communities. In the process...

In transportation systems with mobile and modular facilities, decisions related to facility location and facility capacity management during the planning horizon are critical; because the parameters effective in these decisions change over time, and it is necessary for the decision-maker to...