Distributed Decision Making

2. Auflage Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-3-642-07289-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 820 g

Distributed decision making (DDM) has become of increasing importance in quantitative decision analysis. In applications like supply chain management, service operations, or managerial accounting, DDM has led to a paradigm shift. 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 multi-level 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schneeweiss, Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Produktionsmanagement, Qualitätskontrolle
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction.- 1.1 Some Typical Examples of Distributed Decision Making Situations.- 1.2 Examples of DDM Systems.- 1.3 Some Important Properties of DDM Systems.- 1.4 Outline of the Treatise.- I: Basic Foundations.- 2: Basic Concepts.- 3: Constructional DDM Systems.- 4: Organizational DDM Systems.- 5: Principal Agent Theory.- II: General Applications.- 6: Hierarchical Production Planning.- 7: Organizational Design.- 8: Implementation.- 9: Supply Chain Management.- 10: Service Operations.- 11: Managerial Accounting.- III: Leadership and Coordination Processes.- 12: General DDM Systems.- 13: Coordination through Communication.- 14: Negotiations.- 15: Distributed Decision Making in Multi-Agent Systems.- 16: A Unifying Perspective of the Management Process.- Exercises.- Solutions to the Exercises.