Springer Data and Decision Sciences in Action: Proceedings of the Australian Society for Operations Research Conference 2016 (Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering)

Offering a concise and multidisciplinary reference guide to the state of the art in Australian operations research, this book will be of great value to academics working in many disciplines associated with operations research, as well as industrial practitioners engaged in planning, scheduling and logistics. Over 60 papers, with topics ranging from academic research techniques and case studies to industrial and administrative best practices in operations research, address aspects such as: • optimization, combinatorial optimization, decision analysis, supply-chain management, queuing and routing, and project management; and • logistics, government, cyber security, health-care systems, mining and material processing, ergonomics and human factors, space applications, telecommunications and transportation, among many others. This book presents the Proceedings of the National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, the premier professional organization for Australian academics and practitioners working in optimization and other disciplines related to operations research. The conference was held in Canberra in November 2016. From the Back Cover Offering a concise and multidisciplinary reference guide to the state of the art in Australian operations research, this book will be of great value to academics working in many disciplines associated with operations research, as well as industrial practitioners engaged in planning, scheduling and logistics. Over 60 papers, with topics ranging from academic research techniques and case studies to industrial and administrative best practices in operations research, address aspects such as: • optimization, combinatorial optimization, decision analysis, supply-chain management, queuing and routing, and project management; and • logistics, government, cyber security, health-care systems, mining and material processing, ergonomics and human factors, space applications, telecommunications and transportation, among many others. This book presents the Proceedings of the National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, the premier professional organization for Australian academics and practitioners working in optimization and other disciplines related to operations research. The conference was held in Canberra in November 2016. About the Author Prof. Ruhul Sarker received his Ph.D. in Operations Research (under Industrial Engineering) from Dalhousie University, Canada in 1992. He is currently a Professor of Operations Research at the School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Prof. Sarker is also Director of Postgraduate Research (equivalent to Assistant Dean) in his faculty. He is well known for his contributions to Operations Research and Evolutionary Optimization. He has published one book (Optimization Modelling: A Practical Approach, CRC Press) and 250+ technical papers for respected journals and conferences in his field. He currently serves as Associate Editor of three ISI Indexed International Journals in his field. Prof. Sarker has also edited/co-edited several books (including four with Springer) and several special issues of international journals (including one with Springer/Kluwer). He was the editor/co-editor of several conference proceedings including two major IEEE conferences. Prof. Sarker has received numerous awards for his research, as well as significant and prestigious research grants.