Online Storage Systems and Transportation Problems with Applications Optimization Models and Mathematical Solutions /

• Main Author: Kallrath, Julia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Applied Optimization, 91
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Algorithms.; Mathematical models.; Mathematical optimization.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Optimization.; Applications of Mathematics.

This books covers the analysis and development of online algorithms involving exact optimization and heuristic techniques, and their application to solve two real life problems. The first problem is concerned with a complex technical system: a special carousel based high-speed storage system - Rotas...

Table of Contents:

• Batch Presorting Problems. I Models and Solution Approaches
• Batch Presorting Problems. II Applications in Inventory Logistics
• Vehicle Routing Problems in Hospital Transportation. I Models and Solution Approaches
• Vehicle Routing Problems in Hospital Transportation. II Applications and Case Studies
• Summary.