Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Preliminaries in Decision-Making -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Decision-making problems -- 1.3. Optimization modeling of a decision problem -- 1.3.1. Notation -- 1.3.2. Features of an optimization problem -- 1.3.3. A didactic example -- 1.4. Game theory modeling of a decision problem -- 1.4.1. Notation -- 1.4.2. The coalition formation problem -- 1.4.3. The stability concepts -- 1.5. Allocation methods -- 1.5.1. Shapley value allocation -- 1.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Introduction to Supply Chain Management -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Main elements of the supply chain -- 2.3. Main activities in the supply chain -- 2.3.1. The ordering problem -- 2.3.2. The warehousing problem -- 2.3.3. The transportation problem -- 2.3.4. The inventory problem -- 2.3.5. Computer science applications in supply chain management -- 2.4. Decision levels in the supply chain -- 2.4.1. Strategic level -- 2.4.2. Tactical level -- 2.4.3. Operational level -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Ordering Problem -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Terminology -- 3.3. The one supplier-one retailer ordering problem -- 3.3.1. An example of the one-one ordering problem -- 3.3.2. Summary -- 3.4. The one supplier-multiple retailers ordering problem -- 3.4.1. Fixed purchasing price -- 3.4.2. An example of the 1 − n ordering problem -- 3.4.3. Quantity-dependent purchasing price -- 3.5. The multiple suppliers-one retailer ordering problem -- 3.6. The multiple suppliers-multiple retailers ordering problem -- 3.7. Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Warehousing Problem -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Problem description -- 4.2.1. Terminology -- 4.2.2. Inputs/outputs of the WP -- 4.2.3. WP variants -- 4.3. WP with variable cost/without conflicts -- 4.3.1. Mathematical formulation.

4.3.2. An example -- 4.4. WP with fixed cost/without conflicts -- 4.4.1. Mathematical formulation -- 4.4.2. An example -- 4.5. WP with variable cost/with conflicts -- 4.5.1. Mathematical formulation -- 4.5.2. An example -- 4.6. WP with fixed cost/with conflicts -- 4.6.1. Mathematical formulation -- 4.6.2. An example -- 4.7. A DSS design for the warehousing problem -- 4.8. Example -- 4.9. Answer -- 4.10. Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Inventory Management -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Definition of inventory management -- 5.3. Purposes of inventory -- 5.4. Inventory modeling -- 5.4.1. Terminology -- 5.4.2. Economic order quantity model -- 5.4.3. Examples -- 5.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Delivery in the Supply Chain -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The delivery process in the SC -- 6.3. Problem description -- 6.3.1. Terminology -- 6.3.2. Inputs/outputs of the delivery -- 6.3.3. Delivery variants -- 6.4. First variant: delivery with capacitated trucks -- 6.4.1. CVRP specification -- 6.4.2. Mathematical formulation of the CVRP -- 6.5. Second variant: delivery with time windows -- 6.5.1. VRPTW specification -- 6.5.2. Mathematical formulation of the VRPTW -- 6.6. A real case study: the case of Tunisia -- 6.7. Alternative resolution approaches for the delivery problem -- 6.7.1. A tabu search approach for solving the delivery problem -- 6.7.2. A genetic algorithm for solving the delivery problem -- 6.8. A DSS design for the delivery problem -- 6.9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.