Distributed Decision Making
Edition: 2nd ed. edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9783540402015
Subjects: Decision theory: general; Management decision making; Economics - General; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Operations Research; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making & Problem Solving; Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving; Business & Economics / Operations Research; Business & Economics-Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics-Operations Research; Decision making; Hierarchies
Description: "The book provides a unified approach to such seemingly diverse fields as multi-level stochastic programming, hierarchical production planning, principal agent theory, negotiations, or contract theory. Different settings like multilevel one-person decision problems, multi-person antagonistic planning, and leadership situations are covered. Numerous examples and real-life planning cases illustrate the concepts. The new edition has been considerably expanded by additional chapters on supply chain management, service operations and multi-agent systems."--BOOK JACKET.