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I am very pleased to have this book available. Algorithms for equitable resource allocation are extremely useful in a variety of practical application areas, but are not as widely known as they should be among engineering and operations research professionals. Much of the research has taken place in the last 20 years or so, and had been scattered among various journals. It has now been brought together into one coherent and convenient volume. Dr. Luss does an excellent job of motivating the various models and of describing the algorithms in a logical step-by-step fashion. The set of problems that can be solved using these lexicographic min-max algorithms is quite broad. Initially, they were developed to solve resource allocation problems in the manufacturing area. Specifically, they addressed the question of how to allocate electronic components to various product lines, when there was a shortage of components. This can be naturally extended to allocating other sorts of scarce resources (e. g. manpower, computing resources, funding). But what I find exciting is that these very same mathematical programming techniques can be directly applied to problems that seem totally unrelated. For example, they can be used to impute a traffic matrix for a packet communications network (such as the network operated by an Internet Service Provider). I wholeheartedly recommend this book to professionals - both in academia and in industry - in Operations Research, Management Science, Industrial Engineering, Telecommunications and Computer Science. -John G. Klincewicz
A unique book that specifically addresses equitable resource allocation problems with applications in communication networks, manufacturing, emergency services, and more
Resource allocation problems focus on assigning limited resources in an economically beneficial way among competing activities. Solutions to such problems affect people and everyday activities with significant impact on the private and public sectors and on society at large.
Using diverse application areas as examples, Equitable Resource Allocation: Models, Algorithms, and Applications provides readers with great insight into a topic that is not widely known in the field. Starting with an overview of the topics covered, the book presents a large variety of resource allocation models with special mathematical structures and provides elegant, efficient algorithms that compute optimal solutions to these models.
Authored by one of the leading researchers in the field, Equitable Resource Allocation:
* Is the only book that provides a comprehensive exposition of equitable resource allocation problems
* Presents a collection of resource allocation models with applications in communication networks, transportation, content distribution, manufacturing, emergency services, and more
* Exhibits practical algorithms for solving a variety of resource allocation models
* Uses real-world applications and examples to explain important concepts
* Includes end-of-chapter exercises
Bringing together much of the equitable resource allocation research from the past thirty years, this book is a valuable reference for anyone interested in solving diverse optimization problems.
Resource allocation problems focus on assigning limited resources in an economically beneficial way among competing activities. Solutions to such problems affect people and everyday activities with significant impact on the private and public sectors and on society at large.
Using diverse application areas as examples, Equitable Resource Allocation: Models, Algorithms, and Applications provides readers with great insight into a topic that is not widely known in the field. Starting with an overview of the topics covered, the book presents a large variety of resource allocation models with special mathematical structures and provides elegant, efficient algorithms that compute optimal solutions to these models.
Authored by one of the leading researchers in the field, Equitable Resource Allocation:
* Is the only book that provides a comprehensive exposition of equitable resource allocation problems
* Presents a collection of resource allocation models with applications in communication networks, transportation, content distribution, manufacturing, emergency services, and more
* Exhibits practical algorithms for solving a variety of resource allocation models
* Uses real-world applications and examples to explain important concepts
* Includes end-of-chapter exercises
Bringing together much of the equitable resource allocation research from the past thirty years, this book is a valuable reference for anyone interested in solving diverse optimization problems.
