Contributions to location analysis in honor of Zvi Drezner's 75th birthday /: in honor of Zvi Drezner's 75th birthday. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: H. A. Eiselt, Vladimir Marianov, editors.
• Other Names: Eiselt, Horst A, 1950-; Marianov, Vladimir
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 My Career and Contributions; 1.1 Early Career; 1.1.1 Highlights of ch1:Dr62; Summary of Notation; 1.1.2 Measuring the Precession Rate; 1.1.2.1 Measuring the Precession of Echo-1; 1.1.3 Measuring the Inclination of the Belt to the Equatorial Plane; 1.1.3.1 Measuring the Inclination of Echo-1 to the Equatorial Plane; 1.1.4 Measuring the Period (First Method); 1.1.4.1 Measuring the Period of Echo-1 by the First Method; 1.1.5 Measuring the Period (Second Method); 1.1.5.1 Measuring the Period of Echo-1 by the Second Method; 1.1.6 Measuring the Satellite's Altitude 1.1.6.1 Measuring Echo-1 Altitude1.1.7 Measuring the Satellite's Altitude by Its Entering or Exiting the Sun's Shade; 1.1.7.1 Measuring the Period by Echo-1 Entering or Exiting the Sun's Shade; 1.1.8 The Satellite's Entrance to a ``Long Day''; 1.1.8.1 Measuring Echo-1 Entering a Long Day; 1.1.9 Determining the Average Height of a Satellite; 1.1.9.1 Measuring the Average Height of Echo-1; 1.2 Post-Doctoral Activity; 1.3 Non-location Research; 1.3.1 The Fading Universe Theory; 1.3.2 Statistics Topics; 1.3.2.1 Multivariate Normal Probabilities; 1.3.2.2 Selecting Variables in Multiple Regression 1.3.2.3 Multirelation1.3.2.4 Normality Test; 1.3.2.5 Discretizing Continuous Distributions; 1.3.2.6 Correlated Binomial and Poisson Distributions; 1.3.3 Queueing; 1.3.4 Finding Whether a Point is in a Polygon; 1.3.5 Information Dissemination on a Network; 1.3.6 Genetic Algorithms; 1.3.7 Inventory and Supply Chain; 1.3.8 Robot Design; 1.3.9 Linear Inequalities; 1.3.10 The Repeated Partition Scheduling Problem; 1.3.11 Solving Non-convex Programs by Sequential Linear Programs; 1.3.12 Contributions to Education; 1.3.13 Programming ``Tricks''; 1.3.13.1 Breaking Ties 1.3.13.2 Calculating Mean and Variance1.3.13.3 Variance Reduction; 1.3.13.4 Generating Random Numbers; 1.4 Location Papers; 1.4.1 Objective Functions; 1.4.1.1 Variations on the Weber Problems; 1.4.1.2 Minimax and Center Objectives; 1.4.1.3 Obnoxious Facilities; 1.4.1.4 Equity Objectives; 1.4.1.5 Cover Objectives; 1.4.1.6 Hub Location and Related Models; 1.4.2 The Environment; 1.4.2.1 Location on a Sphere; 1.4.2.2 Continuous Demand; 1.4.2.3 Location in a Large Area; 1.4.3 Conditional Location Problems; 1.4.4 Unreliable or Uncertain Data; 1.4.5 Other Models; 1.5 Solution Methods 1.5.1 Global Optimization Algorithms1.5.2 Improvements to the Weiszfeld Algorithm; 1.5.3 Heuristic Methods for Solving the p-Median Problem; 1.5.4 The Demjanov Algorithm; 1.5.5 Other Solution Methods; 1.6 The Quadratic Assignment Problem; 1.7 My Record and Some Reflections; 1.7.1 Reflections; References; 2 Understanding the Weber Location Paradigm; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Historical Roots of the Planar Median Location Problem; 2.3 Location Science, Ackoff, and Weber; 2.4 A More Complete Form of the Weber Location Paradigm
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Subjects: 519.7/2; Location problems (Programming); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030191115; 3030191117
• Related ISBNs: 9783030191108
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