Optimization tools for logistics

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

Optimization Tools for Logistics covers the theory and practice of the main principles of operational research and the ways it can be applied to logistics and decision support with regards to common software. The book is supported by worked problems and examples from industrial case studies, providing a comprehensive tool for readers from a variety of industries.

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Optimization tools for logistics / Jean-Michel Réveillac.

Summary

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier, ISTE Press Ltd
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0081004826, 9780081004821
oclc:ocn930489587
LC Classification:T57.6
Dewey Decimal:658.4/034

Front Cover -- Optimization Tools for Logistics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- About This Book -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Operational Research -- 1.1. A History -- 1.2. Fields of Application, Principles and Concepts -- 1.3. Basic Models -- 1.4. The Future of OR -- Chapter 2: Elements of Graph Theory -- 2.1. Graphs and Representations -- 2.2. Undirected Graph -- 2.3. Directed Graph or Digraph -- 2.4. Graphs for Logistics -- Chapter 3: Optimal Paths -- 3.1. Basic Concepts.

3.2. Dijkstra's Algorithm -- 3.3. Flyod-Warshall's Algorithm -- 3.4. Bellman-Ford's Algorithm -- 3.5. Bellman-Ford's Algorithm with a Negative Circuit -- 3.6. Exercises -- Chapter 4: Dynamic Programming -- 4.1. The Principles of Dynamic Programming -- 4.2. Formulating the Problem -- 4.3. Stochastic Process -- 4.4. Markov Chains -- 4.5. Exercises -- Chapter 5: Scheduling with PERT and MPM -- 5.1. The Main Concepts -- 5.2. Critical Path Method -- 5.3. Precedence Diagram -- 5.4. Planning a Project with PERT/CPM -- 5.5. Example of Determining at Critical Path with PERT.

5.6. Slacks -- 5.7. Example of Calculating Slacks -- 5.8. Determining the Critical Path with a Double-Entry Table -- 5.9. Methodology fo…

Subjects