Optimization problems in practice are diverse and evolve over time, giving rise to - quirements both for ready-to-use optimization software packages and for optimization software libraries, which provide more or less adaptable building blocks for app- cation-specific software systems. In order to apply optimization methods to a new type of problem, corresponding models and algorithms have to be coded so that they are accessible to a computer. One way to achieve this step is the use of a mod- ing language. Such modeling systems provide an excellent interface between models and solvers, but...

Das Buch basiert auf einer Vorlesung, die sich mit ablauforganisatorischen Aspekten der Produktionsplanung beschaftigt. Es werden quantitative Methoden fur die drei wesentlichen Teilgebiete Lagerhaltung/Losgroenplanung, Fliebandabstimmung und Maschinenbelegungsplanung behandelt. Das vorliegende Buch soll als Grundlage fur Vorlesungen in den Bereichen Produktionswirtschaft, Operations Research sowie angrenzender Fachgebiete der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, der Ingenieurwissenschaften und der Mathematik dienen. Dieser Lehrbuchcharakter findet Niederschlag in der ausfuhrlichen Behandlung von...

Das Buch bietet einen umfassenden Uberblick uber das Informationsmanagement. Den Ausgangspunkt bildet ein Ebenenmodell des Informationsmanagements, anhand dessen insbesondere aus entscheidungsorientierten Anforderungen potentielle Unterstutzungsleistungen abgeleitet werden, die sich massgeblich mit geeigneten Systemen auf Basis der Informationstechnologie erbringen lassen. Dabei stehen zu fordernde Funktionalitaten derartiger Systeme - insbesondere moderne Konzepte im Daten-, Dokumenten- und Wissensmanagement sowie im Bereich Groupware - und hierzu notwendige Infrastrukturen im Vordergrund...

Meta-Heuristics: Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigms for Optimizations comprises a carefully refereed selection of extended versions of the best papers presented at the Second Meta-Heuristics Conference (MIC 97). The selected articles describe the most recent developments in theory and applications of meta-heuristics, heuristics for specific problems, and comparative case studies. The book is divided into six parts, grouped mainly by the techniques considered. The extensive first part with twelve papers covers tabu search and its application to a great variety of...

Meta-Heuristics: Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigms for Optimizations comprises a carefully refereed selection of extended versions of the best papers presented at the Second Meta-Heuristics Conference (MIC 97). The selected articles describe the most recent developments in theory and applications of meta-heuristics, heuristics for specific problems, and comparative case studies. The book is divided into six parts, grouped mainly by the techniques considered. The extensive first part with twelve papers covers tabu search and its application to a great variety of...

Optimization problems in practice are diverse and evolve over time, giving rise to - quirements both for ready-to-use optimization software packages and for optimization software libraries, which provide more or less adaptable building blocks for app- cation-specific software systems. In order to apply optimization methods to a new type of problem, corresponding models and algorithms have to be "coded" so that they are accessible to a computer. One way to achieve this step is the use of a mod- ing language. Such modeling systems provide an excellent interface between models and solvers, but...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics, HM 2014, held in Hamburg, Germany, in June 2014. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The selected papers cover both theoretical and experimental results, including new paradigmatic hybrid solvers and automatic design approaches as well as applications to logistics and public transport.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational Logistics, ICCL 2014, held in Valparaiso, Chile, in September 2014. The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They are organized in topical sections entitled: optimization of transport problems; container terminal applications; simulation and environmental sustainability applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Logistics, ICCL 2015, held in Delft, The Netherlands, in September 2015.

The 50 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They are organized in topical sections entitled: transport over ground, transport over water, international coordination within a system, external coordination among systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Logistics, ICCL 2016, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in September 2016.

The 29 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They are organized in topical sections entitled: container terminals and maritime transportation; intermodal transport; location and routing; (general) logistics and supply chain management.