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010 _a 2014958147
020 _a9783319119489
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_beng
_cDLC
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245 0 0 _aDecision models in engineering and management
_cedited by Patricia Guarnieri
263 _a1412
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_cc2015.
300 _axvii, 322 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
035 _a18390494
500 _aIntroduction -- Stochastic Cash Flow Management Models: A Literature Review since the 1980s -- Decision Models in Credit Risk Management -- A Review on the Dynamic Decision Models for Manufacturing and Supply Chain -- A Multi-criteria Decision Support System for Supplier Selection -- Decision Making Regarding Information Sharing in Partnerships with Suppliers -- Decision Model on Basic Sanitation Management using Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) -- The Impact of Environmental Regulation and some Strategies for Improving the Eco-efficiency of Brazilian Agriculture.
520 _aProviding a comprehensive overview of various methods and applications in decision engineering, this book presents chapters written by a range experts in the field. It presents conceptual aspects of decision support applications in various areas including finance, vendor selection, construction, process management, water management and energy, agribusiness , production scheduling and control, and waste management. In addition to this, a special focus is given to methods of multi-criteria decision analysis. Decision making in organizations is a recurrent theme and is essential for business continuity. Managers from various fields including public, private, industrial, trading or service sectors are required to make decisions. Consequently managers need the support of these structured methods in order to engage in effective decision making. This book provides a valuable resource for graduate students, professors and researchers of decision analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis and group decision analysis. It is also intended for production engineers, civil engineers and engineering consultants.
650 7 _aDecision engineering
_2sears
650 7 _aDecision making
_xMathematical models
_2sears
650 7 _aBusiness & Economics / Industrial Management
_2sears
650 7 _aBusiness & Economics
_2sears
700 _aGuarnieri, Patricia,
_eEdited by
490 1 _aDecision engineering
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