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Metaheuristics in the Service Industry

By Marc Sevaux , Heinz Schmitz , Sebastian Niemann (auth.) , Kenneth Sörensen , Walter Habenicht , Martin Josef Geiger (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2009
ISBN
978-3-642-00938-9, 978-3-642-00939-6
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-00939-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2566878 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 624
Edition
1
Pages
171\176
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Mathematical Programming; Operations Research/DeciProduction/Logistics; Optimization; Operations Res

Description

Most developed economics show the tendency of an increasing importance of modern services such as tourism, logistical services, finance, and others. In many cases, complex optimization problems can be found in this context, and the successful operation of modern services often depends on the ability to solve the obtained optimization models. Metaheuristics on the other hand present an interesting problem-resolution paradigm that has attracted considerable interest in past years. The book combines a set of selected and peer-reviewed articles, presenting novel results of metaheuristics for modern services. In particular, applications in the area of transportation and logistics are considered, while other areas include production and financial services. Novel methodological approaches as well as improved results are obtained, resulting in a considerable contribution to the state-of-the-art of research in metaheuristics.

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