Operational Research in Industry [Hardcover]

Operational Research in Industry brings together the experience of an international group of practising OR consultants, researchers and academics in the applications of OR in Industry. The book gives practical examples of cross-industry management, covers many different industrial sectors and includes a variety of operations research tools including modelling, optimization and data mining.Modelling Tools for Airline Crew Scheduling and Fleet Assignment Problems; R.L.Ho, E.L.Johnson & T.L.Shaw Solving Fleet Scheduling Problems with Mixed-Integer Programming; F.Uwe H.Suhl & L.M.Suhl Demand Adaptive Transit Systems; F.Malucelli, M.Nonato & S.Pallottino Parallel Optimization with PC Networks; R.Laundy Horizontal Marketing: Optimized One-To-One Marketing; M.P.Haydock & E.Bibelnieks Data Mining Classification Problem: An LP Approach; T.A.Ciriani, S.Gliozzi & M.Russo Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Applications; J.Kallrath Lube Production Scheduling; S.Barbariol, M.Lusetti, M.Mantilli & M. Scarioni Practical LP Model Behaviour; L.Haverly A Continuous Time Representation for Multi-stage Factory Design and Scheduling; T.Tahmassebi A Scheduling Prototype for the Factory Automation; Matching OR Methodologies to the Actual Industrial Needs; R.Tadei, F.Della Croce & S. Pucci Planning of Production in Semiconductor Manufacturing; J.Ahmadi, R.Benson & D.Supernaw-Issen Cargo Analytical Integration in Space Engineering: A Three-Dimensional Packing Model; G.Fasano Short Term Operation of an Electric Power System; J.Gheury & T.Lekane The Unit Commitment Problem; S.TakritiR.L. HO, E.L. JOHNSON AND T.L. SHAW Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, USA UWE H. SUHL AND LEENA M. SUHL Freie Universit?t, Berlin and Universit?t-GH Paderborn (Germany) FEDERICO MALUCELLI, MADDALENA NONATO AND STEFANO PALLOTTINOIstituto di Elettronica, Universit? di Perugia (Italy) RICHARD LAUNDY DASH Associates (Royal Leamington Spa, UK) MICHAEL P. HAYDOCK AND l36