Ebook: Perspectives in Operations Research: Papers in Honor of Saul Gass’ 80th Birthday
- Tags: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Industrial and Production Engineering, Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering, Production/Logistics, Engineering Economics Organization Logistics Marketing, Business/Management Scien
- Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series 36
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The book is an edited volume from leading research scholars in the field of Operations Research, focusing on future perspectives in OR. Each of the contributors offers their perspective looking forward to the further development of the field. The theme will provide pivotal interest in the book because of prominence of the contributors and Saul Gass' position as one of the founders of OR and his involvement in writing about the history of OR. The history of operations research is of considerable interest and this book takes a pivotal perspective of OR's history by examining current trends and the future of the field.
The book is an edited volume from leading research scholars in the field of Operations Research, focusing on future perspectives in OR. Each of the contributors offers their perspective looking forward to the further development of the field. The theme will provide pivotal interest in the book because of prominence of the contributors and Saul Gass' position as one of the founders of OR and his involvement in writing about the history of OR. The history of operations research is of considerable interest and this book takes a pivotal perspective of OR's history by examining current trends and the future of the field.
The book is an edited volume from leading research scholars in the field of Operations Research, focusing on future perspectives in OR. Each of the contributors offers their perspective looking forward to the further development of the field. The theme will provide pivotal interest in the book because of prominence of the contributors and Saul Gass' position as one of the founders of OR and his involvement in writing about the history of OR. The history of operations research is of considerable interest and this book takes a pivotal perspective of OR's history by examining current trends and the future of the field.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Reflections on Saul Gass’ Influence....Pages 19-21
Four Score Years of Saul I. Gass: Portrait of an OR Professional....Pages 23-72
In the Beginning: Saul Gass and Other Pioneers....Pages 73-75
Learning from the Master: Saul Gass, Linear Programming, and the OR Profession....Pages 77-98
Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: Reflections on Definitions of Operations Research by Morse and Kimball....Pages 99-114
Ben Franklin: America’s First Operations Researcher....Pages 115-122
Good Management, the Missing XYZ Variables of OR Texts....Pages 123-134
The Operations Research Profession: Westward, Look, the Land is Bright....Pages 135-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Choosing a Combinatorial Auction Design: An Illustrated Example....Pages 153-177
Label-Correcting Shortest Path Algorithms Revisited....Pages 179-197
The Ubiquitous Farkas Lemma....Pages 199-210
Parametric Cardinality Probing in Set Partitioning....Pages 211-221
A Counting Problem in Linear Programming....Pages 223-234
Toward Exposing the Applicability of Gass & Saaty’s Parametric Programming Procedure....Pages 235-246
The Noisy Euclidean Traveling Salesman Problem: A Computational Analysis....Pages 247-270
The Close Enough Traveling Salesman Problem: A Discussion of Several Heuristics....Pages 271-283
Twinless Strongly Connected Components....Pages 285-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
EOQ Rides Again!....Pages 307-331
The Federal Express Local Sort Facility Employee Scheduling Problem....Pages 333-349
Sensitivity Analysis in Monte Carlo Simulation of Stochastic Activity Networks....Pages 351-366
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
The EM Algorithm, Its Randomized Implementation and Global Optimization: Some Challenges and Opportunities for Operations Research....Pages 367-392
Recovering Circles and Spheres from Point Data....Pages 393-413
Why the New York Yankees Signed Johnny Damon....Pages 415-428
Back Matter....Pages 429-434
The book is an edited volume from leading research scholars in the field of Operations Research, focusing on future perspectives in OR. Each of the contributors offers their perspective looking forward to the further development of the field. The theme will provide pivotal interest in the book because of prominence of the contributors and Saul Gass' position as one of the founders of OR and his involvement in writing about the history of OR. The history of operations research is of considerable interest and this book takes a pivotal perspective of OR's history by examining current trends and the future of the field.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Reflections on Saul Gass’ Influence....Pages 19-21
Four Score Years of Saul I. Gass: Portrait of an OR Professional....Pages 23-72
In the Beginning: Saul Gass and Other Pioneers....Pages 73-75
Learning from the Master: Saul Gass, Linear Programming, and the OR Profession....Pages 77-98
Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: Reflections on Definitions of Operations Research by Morse and Kimball....Pages 99-114
Ben Franklin: America’s First Operations Researcher....Pages 115-122
Good Management, the Missing XYZ Variables of OR Texts....Pages 123-134
The Operations Research Profession: Westward, Look, the Land is Bright....Pages 135-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Choosing a Combinatorial Auction Design: An Illustrated Example....Pages 153-177
Label-Correcting Shortest Path Algorithms Revisited....Pages 179-197
The Ubiquitous Farkas Lemma....Pages 199-210
Parametric Cardinality Probing in Set Partitioning....Pages 211-221
A Counting Problem in Linear Programming....Pages 223-234
Toward Exposing the Applicability of Gass & Saaty’s Parametric Programming Procedure....Pages 235-246
The Noisy Euclidean Traveling Salesman Problem: A Computational Analysis....Pages 247-270
The Close Enough Traveling Salesman Problem: A Discussion of Several Heuristics....Pages 271-283
Twinless Strongly Connected Components....Pages 285-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
EOQ Rides Again!....Pages 307-331
The Federal Express Local Sort Facility Employee Scheduling Problem....Pages 333-349
Sensitivity Analysis in Monte Carlo Simulation of Stochastic Activity Networks....Pages 351-366
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
The EM Algorithm, Its Randomized Implementation and Global Optimization: Some Challenges and Opportunities for Operations Research....Pages 367-392
Recovering Circles and Spheres from Point Data....Pages 393-413
Why the New York Yankees Signed Johnny Damon....Pages 415-428
Back Matter....Pages 429-434
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