Josefa Mula – författare

Supply Chain Simulation allows readers to practice modeling and simulating a multi-level supply chain. The chapters are a combination of the practical and the theoretical, covering:

The problem set includes illustrations and graphs relating to the simulation results of the Vensim® program, the main code of which is also provided. The examples used are a valuable simulation tool that can be modified and extended according to user requirements.

The objective of Supply Chain Simulation is to meet the demands of supply chain simulation or similar courses taught at the postgraduate level. The “what if” analysis recreates different simulation scenarios to improve the decision-making process in terms of supply chain performance, making the book useful not only for postgraduate students, but also for industrial practitioners.

This book, now in its second edition, provides a valuable compendium of problems as a reference for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and practitioners of operations research and management science. These problems can serve as a basis for the development or study of assignments and exams. Also, they can be useful as a guide for the first stage of the model formulation, i.e. the definition of a problem. The book is divided into 11 chapters that address the following topics: linear programming, integer programming, nonlinear programming, network modeling, inventory theory, queue theory, tree decision, game theory, dynamic programming and Markov processes. Included are a considerable number of statements of operations research applications for management decision-making. The book provides concise solutions to these problems although all problems are examined in depth. All the problems are based on the research experience of the authors in real-world companies and the teaching experience of the authors. This second edition of the book has many new problems and solutions influenced by today''s evolving industrial engineering, management and decision-making practices. The book includes many new problems specifically designed to address today''s business challenges. The new edition offers readers the opportunity to tackle and analyse new problems inspired by real-life scenarios.

This book is oriented towards applications and perspectives on future developments connected to intelligent technologies. Specifying topics connected to industry, mobility, telecommunications, biomechanics, among others.

The innovative character of the text allows relating technical experiences and advances that seek to improve the implication of new technologies at local, national and regional levels, demonstrating the advances towards the different fields of knowledge in the area of engineering.

The potential readers of this work would be master and doctorate students, professors–researchers in the field of new technologies and companies connected to the development of engineering. The texts serve to illustrate new procedures, new cases and new techniques for the optimization of systems that optimize social progress.