Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of various methods and applications in decision engineering
- Presents conceptual aspects of decision support applications
- Offers a special focus on methods of multi-criteria decision analysis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Decision Engineering (DECENGIN)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Decision Models in Financial Management
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Decision Models in Production and Processes Management
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Selection of Suppliers and Partnerships Management
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Decision Models in Energy and Water Industry
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Decision Models in Public Policies
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Decision Model in Civil Engineering
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Keywords
- Civil Engineering Decision Analysis
- Decision Analysis Models in Engineering
- Decision Analysis Models in Finance
- Decision Analysis in Energy Management
- Decision Analysis in Management
- Decision Analysis in Sustainability
- Decision Making in Engineering
- Decision Support Applications in Engineering
- Methods & Applications in Decision Engineering
- Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Engineering
- Multi-Criteria Decision in Industry
- Production Engineering Decision Analysis
- Engineering Economics
About this book
Providing 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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Decision Models in Engineering and Management
Editors: Patricia Guarnieri
Series Title: Decision Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11949-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11948-9Published: 19 January 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38563-1Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11949-6Published: 05 January 2015
Series ISSN: 1619-5736
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6589
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 322
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Simulation and Modeling, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics