Applied simulation and optimization. 2, New applications in logistics, industrial and aeronautical practice /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2017]
©2017
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11274092
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Mujica Mota, Miguel, editor.
Mota, Idalia Flores de la, editor.
ISBN:9783319558103
3319558102
9783319558097
3319558099
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 5, 2017).
Summary:Building on the author's earlier Applied Simulation and Optimization, this book presents novel methods for solving problems in industry, based on hybrid simulation-optimization approaches that combine the advantages of both paradigms. The book serves as a comprehensive guide to tackling scheduling, routing problems, resource allocations and other issues in industrial environments, the service industry, production processes, or supply chains and aviation. Logistics, manufacturing and operational problems can either be modelled using optimization techniques or approaches based on simulation methodologies. Optimization techniques have the advantage of performing efficiently when the problems are properly defined, but they are often developed through rigid representations that do not include or accurately represent the stochasticity inherent in real systems. Furthermore, important information is lost during the abstraction process to fit each problem into the optimization technique. On the other hand, simulation approaches possess high description levels, but the optimization is generally performed through sampling of all the possible configurations of the system. The methods explored in this book are of use to researchers and practising engineers in fields ranging from supply chains to the aviation industry.
Other form:Print version: Applied simulation and optimization. 2, New applications in logistics, industrial and aeronautical practice. Cham : Springer, [2017] 9783319558097 3319558099
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-55810-3