Compiled by
Emma Hunt
Mathematical Reliability: An Expository Perspective
Edited by
Refik Soyer, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
Thomas A. Mazzuchi, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
Nozer D. Singpurwalla, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
Kluwer Book Series: International Series in Operations Research and
Management Science (Volume 67)
In this volume consideration was given to more advanced theoretical approaches
and novel applications of reliability to ensure that topics having a futuristic
impact were specifically included. Topics like finance, forensics, information
and orthopaedics, as well as the more traditional reliability topics, were
purposefully undertaken to make this collection different from the existing
books in reliability. The entries have been categorized into seven parts,
each emphasising a theme that seems poised for the future development of
reliability as an academic discipline with relevance. The seven parts are
networks and systems; recurrent events; information and design; failure rate
function and burn-in; software reliability and random environments; reliability
in composites and orthopaedics, and reliability in finance and forensics.
Embedded within the above are some of the other currently active topics such
as causality, cascading, exchangeability, expert testimony, hierarchical
modelling, optimisation and survival analysis. These topics, when linked
with utility theory, constitute the science base of risk analysis.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7697-5, December
2003, 358 pages, EUR 180.00 / USD 200.00 / GBP 124.00
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The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management
By
Kalyan T. Talluri, Dept. of Economics & Business, Universitat Pompeu
Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Garrett J. van Ryzin, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New
York, USA
Kluwer Book Series: International Series in Operations Research and
Management Science (Volume 68)
Revenue management (RM) is one of the most successful applications in Operations
Research. The RM has grown from its application with a handful of major airlines
to its status today as a mainstream business practice with a growing list
of industry users from Walt Disney Resorts to National Car Rental and a supporting
industry of software and consulting firms. Over this same time period, academic
and industry research on RM methodology has also grown rapidly. While the
number of published papers on RM has increased in dramatic measures, there
is still no book that comprehensively covers the field of RM. Such a book
is a pressing need because:
Much of the "Institutional" knowledge of revenue management is relatively
inaccessible to those outside the profession. It is difficult to find the
fundamental and seminal ideas in the literature because these ideas either
do not appear in published journals or appear in relatively obscure sources.
The terminology, concepts, and notation need to be standardised, so the general
reader can understand and apply the contributions in the RM literature. The
gap between practitioners and academics in the field needs to be closed.
The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management is a book that will meet these
needs. It comprehensively covers theory and practice of the entire field,
including both quantity and price-based RM, as well as significant coverage
of supporting topics such as forecasting and economics. The authors believe
such a comprehensive approach is necessary to fully understand the subject.
A central objective of the book is to unify the various forms of RM and to
link them closely to each other and to the supporting fields of statistics
and economics. Nevertheless, the topics and coverage do reflect choices about
what is important to understand RM. Hence the book's purpose is to provide
a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of the state-of-the-art in Revenue
Management. The audience for The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management
is threefold: (1) It will be of use to the academic researchers now working
in RM-related topics, as well as those who work in related areas (such as
supply chain management), who seek a single-source accessible overview of
the theory and practice components of RM. (2) For practitioners the book
will serve as a single-source reference for the theory and application issues
involved in RM. (3) Finally, there are a growing number of university and
seminar courses specially focused on RM for which the book can serve as a
core text.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7701-7, April
2004, 752 pages, EUR 126.00 / USD 140.00 / GBP 87.00
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Critical Infrastructures
Edited by
Wil A.H. Thissen, Dept. of System Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management,
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Paulien M. Herder, Dept. of System Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management,
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Kluwer Book Series: International Series in Operations Research and
Management Science (Volume 65)
Infrastructures have become more and more critical to the functioning of
society, as economic and social processes to a large extent rely on the services
provided by such systems. Failure of these infrastructures, therefore, is
one of the most important vulnerabilities of modern society. In addition
and simultaneously much change is taking place within and around these infrastructures.
This change includes: increasingly rapid technological change, rapid institutional
change, increasing system complexity, increasing trans-boundary dependencies,
tensions between market concerns addressing (short-term) economic gains,
and increasing demands on service quality. These and other changes pose formidable
challenges to policy makers, business innovators, system designers, infrastructure
operators and scientists alike.
Critical Infrastructures: State of the Art in Research and Application, comprising
a selection of reviewed and edited contributions from all over the world,
aims to shed light on the various aspects of critical infrastructures. The
editors of this book have opted for a broad view on the various criticality
aspects on infrastructures itself as well as contributions that discuss the
institutional and technical environment of critical infrastructures which
are crucial for their proper functioning. Critical Infrastructures brings
to light a number of eye-opening critical issues that have been only marginally
touched upon in research and practice. Hence, the book is an indispensable
resource for infrastructure policy makers, managers, consultants and researchers
alike.
The book is divided into four sections:
• Vulnerability and Risk;
• System Development and Adaptation;
• Institutional Change;
• Capacity Management.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7601-0, September
2003, 316 pages, EUR 117.00 / USD 130.00 / GBP 81.00,
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Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling: Theory
and Applications
Edited by
Nigel H.M. Wilson, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Agostino Nuzzolo, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
Kluwer Book Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces
(Volume 28)
Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling: Theory and Applications outlines
the new schedule-based dynamic approach to mass transit modelling. In the
last ten years the schedule-based dynamic approach has been developed and
applied especially for operational planning. It allows time evolution of
on-board loads and travel times for each run of each line to be obtained,
and uses behavioural hypotheses strictly related to transit systems and user
characteristics. It allows us to open new frontiers in transit modelling
to support network design, timetable setting, investigation of congestion
effects, as well as the assessment of new technologies introduction, such
as information to users (ITS technologies).
The contributors and editors of the book are leading researchers in the field
of transportation, and in this volume they build a solid foundation for developing
still more sophisticated models. These future models of mass transit systems
will continue to add higher levels of accuracy and sensitivity desired in
forecasting the performance of public transport systems.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7687-8, December
2003, 296 pages, EUR 117.00 / USD 130.00 / GBP 81.00
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Marketing Research and Modeling: Progress
and Prospects A Tribute to Paul E. Green
Edited by
Yoram Wind, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
USA
Paul E. Green,The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
USA
This book addresses state-of-the-art developments including new techniques
and methodologies by leading experts in marketing and marketing research.
This work emphasises new developments in Bayesian decision analysis, multivariate
analysis, multidimensional scaling, conjoint analysis, applications of conjoint
and MDS technique, data mining, cluster analysis and neural networks.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7596-0,
December 2003, 360 pages, EUR 86.00 / USD 95.00 / GBP 55.00.
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Introduction to Probability Models - Operations
Research
, Volume II (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) 4th Edition
By
Wayne Winston, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
This text, the second volume of Wayne Winston's successful Operations Research:
Applications and Algorithms, Fourth Edition, covers probability models with
recent contributions from financial engineering, computational simulation
and manufacturing. The specific attention to probability models with the
addition of recent practical breakthroughs makes this the first text to introduce
these ideas together at an accessible level. Excellent problem sets abound.
The text provides a balanced approach by developing the underlying theory
while illustrating them with interesting examples. All of the necessary mathematical
requirements are reviewed in Chapter 1.
Duxbury Press, Case Bound, ISBN 053440572X, 2004, 752 pages, 8 x 10,
AUD 99.95
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Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms
(with CD-ROM and InfoTrac), Fourth Edition
By
Wayne Winston, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
Written for junior /senior level undergraduate and graduate courses in Operations
Research. This is often a two-term course, with the first course covering
mathematical or linear programming (deterministic methods) and the second
half covering probability models. The mathematical requirement includes both
calculus and linear algebra. Students in industrial engineering, business,
and applied mathematics typically take this course. Approximately 25,000
students take this course annually.
The market-leading textbook for the course, Winston's Operations Research
owes much of its success to its practical orientation and consistent emphasis
on model formulation and model building. It moves beyond a mere study of
algorithms without sacrificing the rigour that faculty desire. As in every
edition, Winston reinforces the book's successful features and coverage with
the most recent developments in the field. The Student Suite CD-ROM, which
now accompanies every new copy of the text, contains the latest versions
of commercial software for optimisation, simulation, and decision analysis.
New to this edition:
This edition places greater emphasis on spreadsheets, with more examples
and instructions appearing throughout the text.
The Student Suite CD-ROM that accompanies every new copy of the text contains
the latest versions of commercial software, including LINDO, LINGO, Premium
Solver, NeuralWorks Predict, DecisionTools Suite (@RISK, PrecisionTree, and
BestFit), StatPro, and ProcessModel.
Over 200 new exercises have been added, and hundreds have been revised.
The text now includes output and instructions for using ProcessModel and
@Risk, two popular professional simulation software packages.
Many new examples are taken from hot emerging disciplines such as financial
engineering.
The book's emphasis on model formulation and model building throughout reinforces
the practical approach taken by this text.
The rich and thorough examples and exercises offer excellent applications
to industry.
Duxbury Press, Hardcover, ISBN 053440572X, Non-InfoTrac Version ISBN 0-534-42358-2,
2004, 1200 pages
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