Anticipatory Optimization for Dynamic Decision Making

• Main Author: Meisel, Stephan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 51
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical optimization.; Management science.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Optimization.

The availability of today’s online information systems rapidly increases the relevance of dynamic decision making within a large number of operational contexts. Whenever a sequence of interdependent decisions occurs, making a single decision raises the need for anticipation of its future impact on t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Concepts and Definitions
• Perfect Anticipation
• Synergies of Optimization and Data Mining
• Approximate Anticipation
• Dynamic Vehicle Routing
• Anticipatory Routing of a Service Vehicle
• Computational Study
• Managerial Impact of Anticipatory Optimization
• Conclusions.