Case studies in operations research : applications of optimal decision making /: applications of optimal decision making. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Katta G. Murty, editor.
• Editors: Murty, Katta G, 1936-
• Contents: Intelligent Modeling Essential to Get Good Results: Container Storage Inside a Container Terminal -- Diesel Locomotive Fueling Problem (LFP) in Railroad Operations -- Organizing National Elections in India to Elect the 543 Members of the Lok Sabha -- Procurement, Production, Marketing at Supply-Driven Milk and Milk Products Co-Operative -- DSS (Decision Support System) for Allocating Appointment Times to Calling Patients at a Medical Facility -- Transportation-Location Problem for a Solar Stove Distributing Nonprofit Organization -- Designing Earth Dams Optimally -- Optimal Scheduling of a Multi-Unit Hydro-Power Station in a Short-Term Planning Horizon -- Optimizing the Design of Water Distribution Networks Using Mathematical Optimization -- Wood Inventory Management in the Paper Industry -- Optimizing the Design of Heat Exchanger Networks in Crude Oil Refineries -- Optimizing the Allocation of Cuboidal Boxes to Cuboidal Compartments for Storage in a Warehouse -- Optimal Intake and Routing of Floating Oil Rigs in the North Sea -- Addressing the Peak Power Problem Through Thermal Energy Storage -- Optimal Flight Planning for a Jet Aircraft -- Freight Transport By Rail -- Cutting Stock Problems in the Paper and Sheet Metal Industries -- Inventory Management in Blood Banks -- Assembling Cells in the Wet Cell Traction Batteries that Power Forklifts -- Giving Appointments to Patients for Surgeries and Scheduling Surgeries to Operating Rooms in a Day -- The Satellite Downlink Scheduling Problem: A Case Study of RADARSAT-2 -- An Integer Programming Model for the Ferry Scheduling Problem.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 543 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 658.40301; Operations research -- Case studies; Operations research; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493910076; 1493910078; 9781493910069
• Related ISBNs: 149391006X; 9781493910069
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 31, 2014).
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