A physical science text, stressing an awareness of the environment, with related laboratory activities to lead the student into discovering basic laws and concepts of physics and chemistry.
Comprehensively teaches the fundamentals of supply chain theory This book presents the methodology and foundations of supply chain management and also demonstrates how recent developments build upon classic models. The authors focus on strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of supply chain management and cover a broad range of topics from forecasting, inventory management, and facility location to transportation, process flexibility, and auctions. Key mathematical models for optimizing the design, operation, and evaluation of supply chains are presented as well as models currently emerging from the research frontier. Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory, Second Edition contains new chapters on transportation (traveling salesman and vehicle routing problems), integrated supply chain models, and applications of supply chain theory. New sections have also been added throughout, on topics including machine learning models for forecasting, conic optimization for facility location, a multi-supplier model for supply uncertainty, and a game-theoretic analysis of auctions. The second edition also contains case studies for each chapter that illustrate the real-world implementation of the models presented. This edition also contains nearly 200 new homework problems, over 60 new worked examples, and over 140 new illustrative figures. Plentiful teaching supplements are available, including an Instructor’s Manual and PowerPoint slides, as well as MATLAB programming assignments that require students to code algorithms in an effort to provide a deeper understanding of the material. Ideal as a textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in supply chain management in engineering and business schools, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory, Second Edition will also appeal to anyone interested in quantitative approaches for studying supply chains.
A physical science text, stressing an awareness of the environment, with related laboratory activities to lead the student into discovering basic laws and concepts of physics and chemistry.
This is the fifth edition of a comprehensive textbook on the immune system and its mechanisms. With this edition, the tradition established by Max Samter is carried on by his colleagues and former students, along with leading scientists, researchers and physicians from the USA, UK, France, Spain, Austria and Israel. Firm editorial control has ensured that this text is a current resource: the extensive reference lists are up-to-date as of 1993 and the book has been revised and reorganized throughout to reflect the changing face of immunology.
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