Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, 8 Volume Set

by Cochran, James J.; Cox, Louis Anthony; Keskinocak, Pinar; Kharoufeh, Jeffrey P.; Smith, J. Cole

• ISBN13: 9780470400630
• ISBN10: 0470400633
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This multi-volume encyclopedia is organized alphabetically and contains four levels of articles (Introductory, Advanced, Technical, and Case Studies/Historical Interludes) designed to make its content useful and accessible to the widest possible readership. Introductory articles provide a broad and moderately technical treatment of core topics at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate students as well as scientists without a strong background in the field. Advanced articles, aimed at graduate students and researchers, review key areas of research in a citation-rich format similar to that of leading review journals. Technical articles, written as "breakouts" from the advanced articles, provide more detailed discussions of key concepts addressed in the reviews. Case studies/biographical sketches/historical interludes provide an opportunity to present successful and/or interesting examples of operations research/management science methodology in practice or in historical contexts. These articles are less technical in nature and aimed primarily at graduate students and practicing researchers. EORMS has also been developed as a dynamic online resource, combining the most useful features of traditional reference works and review journals in a compelling format designed to exploit the full potential of the online medium. Extensive linking to the primary literature and to other online resources such as the Wiley Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition further enhances the value of EORMS as a gateway to broader scientific literature. The editorial approach and structure of EORMS ensures the longevity of its content.

Author Biography

James J. Cochran, PhD, is Ruston Building and Loan Endowed Research Professor of Quantitative Analysis and Computational Modeling and Senior Scientist/Analytic Group Director in the Center for Secure Cyberspace at Louisiana Tech University.

Louis A. Cox, PhD, is President of Cox Associates, a Denver-based applied research company specializing in applied health risk analysis, statistical and probabilistic risk assessment and data mining, and operations research modeling. He is also Honorary Full Professor of Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Pinar Keskinocak, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the co-director and co-founder of the Center for Humanitarian Logistics at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jeffrey P. Kharoufeh, PhD,is?Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.

J. Cole Smith, PhD, is Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida.

Table of Contents

Use of Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials in RLT.

Systems in Series.

Parallel Configurations.

Spanning trees.

Recycling.

Split Cuts.

Retrial Queues.

Horse Racing.

MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique).

Dual simplex.

History of CP.

Procurement Contracts.

MRP.

Just in Time.

Push and Pull Production.

MULTIVARIATE INPUT MODELING.

Operational Research Society.

  The M/G/1 Queue.

Drama Theory.

Hyper-heuristics.

Antithetic Variates.

Music.

Edgeworth market games.

Operational Risk.

Queueing Notation.

Environmental impact.

Why variance is not risk.

Conjugate gradient methods.

Birth-and-Death Processes.

Surgery Planning and Scheduling.

Large-scale linear models.

Standby Systems.

Billiards/Pool.

AXIOMATIC MEASURES OF RISK AND RISK-VALUE MODELS.

Age Replacement Policies.

PASTA and Related Results.

Collaborative Procurement.

LP projection algorithms.

R&D risk management.

Bioterrorism.

Vendor-Managed Inventory.

Gomory Cuts.

Travel demand modeling.

System Availability.

Infinite horizon problems.

Trust.

Bayesian Network Classifiers.

Integer Programming Duality.

Queueing Disciplines.

Stakeholder participation.

Models and Basic Properties.

Parametric LP analysis.

Operations Research and Golfing.

Ice Hockey.

Clustering.

Finite-Population Models.

Batch Arrivals and Service.

Optimal Monitoring Strategies.

Basic Polyhedral Theory.

Operations Research and Art.

Managing portfolios of risks.

Measures of risk equity.

Branch and Bound Algorithms.

Analytics in Retail.

Variational Inequalities.

Cross-Entropy Method.

TSP heuristics.

Capacity allocation.

Control Variates.

Cover Inequalities.

Direct Search Methods.

NLP Software.

Bilinear optimization.

Discrete-Time Martingales.

Branch and Price.

Column generation.

IP Preprocessing.

Optimal Reliability Allocation.

Simplex-based LP solvers.

Instance Formats.

Clique generalizations.

Availability in Stochastic Models.

Evolutionary Algorithms.

Basic CP theory: Search.

Multimethodology.

Branch and Cut.

Memetic Algorithms.

Urban mass transit.

Coherent Systems.

Subgradient optimization.

Klimov’s Model.

Credit risk assessment.

Branch-width and Tangles.

Stochastic Hazard Process.

Deterministic Global Optimization.

Multistage (stochastic) games.

Basis Reduction Methods.

ACCIDENT PRECURSORS AND WARNING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO MATHEMATICAL MODELS.

Genetic Algorithms.

Newsvendor models.

Parallel Systems.

Opportunities in Tennis.

Job-shop scheduling.

Simplex method and complexity.

Geometric programming.

Evacuation Planning.

The Performance?

Allocation Games.

Scenario Generation.

Robustness Analysis.

Dynamic auctions.

Neuroeconomics and game theory.

Common Random Numbers.

Selective Support Vector Machines.

Semi-Markov Processes.

Risk Averse Models.

Sampling Methods.

Domination problems.

Simulation of Rare Events.

Introduction to Tabu Search.

Basic Interdiction Models.

Introductory Concepts.

Remanufacturing.

PAUSE procedure.

Wardrop equilibria.

Mass customization.

Ellipsoidal algorithms.

Benders decomposition.

Dynamic vehicle routing.

Warranty Modeling.

Design for Network Resiliency.

Passenger rail transportation.

Vehicle Routing Problem.

Supply Chain Outsourcing.

Lovasz-Schriver Reformulation.

Hazard Rate Function.

Lot-sizing.

Differential games.

Regenerative Processes.

Guided Local Search.

Preferences for repeated gambles.

Percolation Theory.

Simulated Annealing.

Scoring Rules.

Mixing Sets.

Cricket.

Prospect Theory.

Combining Forecasts.

Graph search techniques.

Quasi-Newton methods.

Random search algorithms.

Supply chain coordination.

Service Outsourcing.

Markov Renewal Processes.

K-out-of-n Systems.