Distributed decision making is described in this book from a hierarchical perspective. A unified approach allows to treat such seemingly diverse fields as multi-level decision making, hierarchical production planning, principal agent theory, hierarchical negotiations, and dynamic games within...

Some Modelling Theoretic Remarks on Multi-Stage Production Planning -- Inventory — Production and Distribution Systems -- Two-Stage Production Planning in a Dynamic Environment -- Overview of a Stock Allocation Model for a Two-Echelon Push System Having Identical Units at the Lower Echelon --...