Applications of management science in productivity, finance, and operations:
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Elsevier JAI 2006
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:Applications of management science v. 12
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Dedication -- Editorial Board -- Part I: Data Envelopment Analysis -- Measuring Organizational Efficiency with Data Envelopment Analysis: The Horace Mann Insurance Company -- Data Envelopment Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Consumer-Packaged Freight Delivery Evaluation: A Multiple Criteria Data Envelopment Analysis Approach -- Introduction -- Data Envelopment Analysis -- Multiple Criteria DEA -- An Example -- Conclusions -- References -- Evaluating the Operational Efficiency of Railway Systems with Sensitivity Analyses to Sampling Variations -- Introduction -- DEA and the Bootstrap -- An Application to Railway Operations -- Model Result -- Conclusion -- References -- Input-Output Variable Evaluation for Studying DEA Efficiency Performance in Electric Utilities -- Introduction -- Performance -- Performance Measurement -- Future Research Proposal -- References -- Part II: Multi-Criteria Applications --
- A Survey of Multi-Objective Scheduling Techniques Applied to the Job Shop Problem (JSP) -- Introduction -- Single Objective Optimization Approaches -- Multi-Objective Optimization Problems -- Efficient Schedules -- Integer Programming Approaches -- Multiple-Attribute Value Function Approaches -- Recent Approaches -- References -- A Multi-Objective Mathematical Programming Model for Audit Samples of Balances for Accounts Receivable -- Introduction -- Audit Sampling -- A Multi-Objective Nonlinear Model for Audit Sampling -- An Example Problem -- Conclusions -- References -- A Multi-Criteria Fixed Charge Problem: Location of Service Centers -- Introduction -- A Multicriteria Fixed Charge Problem and its Applications to Service Centers -- Goal constraints -- Example problem -- Conclusion -- References -- Identifying Compounds for Pharmaceutical Companies' Development Tracks Using a Multi-Criteria Decision Model -- Introduction -- A Review of the Literature -- The AHP --
- An Application of AHP to the Identification of Potential First-In-Class Patentable Drugs -- Model Validation -- Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Calculating Disassembly Yields in a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Environment for a Disassembly-to-Order System -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Heuristic Procedure -- Mathematical Model -- Case Example -- Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Operational Applications -- Selection Criteria for a Network Design Model with Uncertain Demand -- Introduction and notation -- Characteristics of the Optimal Spectrum -- Selecting a Network Design -- Efficient Schemes for Generating Design Alternatives -- References -- Appendix. Finding the Optimal Spectrum -- A Novel Approach to the Continuous Flow Truckload Routing Problem -- Introduction -- Truckload routing problem -- Background -- Previous Solution Methods -- TRP Triplet Formulation -- Complete Deterministic Formulation -- Cost Specification -- Sample Problem --
- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Vertical Cooperative Advertising in a Manufacturer-Retailer Supply Channel -- Introduction -- Assumptions -- Classical co-op Advertising Model -- Full Coordinated Vertical co-op Advertising Model -- Concluding Remarks --T$64
This peer-reviewed volume is part of an annual series, dedicated to the presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art studies in the application of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision-making problems
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