A Long View of Research and Practice in Operations Research and Management Science The Past and the Future /

From the Foreword by Marshall Fisher, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania: As generation of academics and practitioners follows generation, it is worthwhile to compile long views of the research and practice in the past to shed light on research and practice going forward. This collection...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sodhi, ManMohan S. (Editor), Tang, Christopher S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 148
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6810-4
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Long View of Research and Practice in Operations Research and Management Science
  • Economic Planning Models for India in the 1960s
  • The Persistence and Effectiveness of Large-Scale Mathematical Programming Strategies: Projection, Outer Linearization, and Inner Linearization
  • Multicommodity Distribution System Design by Benders Decomposition
  • Structured Modeling and Model Management
  • Retrospective: 25 Years Applying Management Science to Logistics
  • Optimization Tradecraft: Hard-won Insights from Real-World Decision Support
  • Challenges in Adding a Stochastic Programming/Scenario Planning Capability to a General Purpose Optimization Modeling System
  • Advances in Business Analytics at HP Laboratories
  • Global Trade Process and Supply Chain Management
  • Sustainable Globally Integrated Enterprise (GIE)
  • Cyberinfrastructure and Optimization
  • Perspectives on Healthcare Resource Management Problems
  • Optimization Happiness
  • Conclusion: A Long View of Research and Practice in Operations Research and Management Science.