Case Studies in Operations Research

Intelligent Modeling Essential to Get Good Results: Container Storage Inside a Container Terminal.- Diesel Locomotive Fueling Problem (LFP) in Railroad Operations.- Organizing National Elections in India to Elect the 543 Members of the Lok Sabha.- Procurement, Production, Marketing at Supply-Driven Milk and Milk Products Co-Operative.- DSS (Decision Support System) for Allocating Appointment Times to Calling Patients at a Medical Facility.- Transportation-Location Problem for a Solar Stove Distributing Nonprofit Organization.- Designing Earth Dams Optimally.- Optimal Scheduling of a Multi-Unit Hydro-Power Station in a Short-Term Planning Horizon.- Optimizing the Design of Water Distribution Networks Using Mathematical Optimization.- Wood Inventory Management in the Paper Industry.- Optimizing the Design of Heat Exchanger Networks in Crude Oil Refineries.- Optimizing the Allocation of Cuboidal Boxes to Cuboidal Compartments for Storage in a Warehouse.- Optimal Intake and Routing of Floating Oil Rigs in the North Sea.- Addressing the Peak Power Problem Through Thermal Energy Storage.- Optimal Flight Planning for a Jet Aircraft.- Freight Transport By Rail.- Cutting Stock Problems in the Paper and Sheet Metal Industries.- Inventory Management in Blood Banks.- Assembling Cells in the Wet Cell Traction Batteries that Power Forklifts.- Giving Appointments to Patients for Surgeries and Scheduling Surgeries to Operating Rooms in a Day.- The Satellite Downlink Scheduling Problem: A Case Study of RADARSAT-2 - Problem Statement and Data Files.- An Integer Programming Model for the Ferry Scheduling Problem - Online Summary With Data Files. 

Katta G. Murty teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in linear, integer and non-linear programming and network flows. His recent research includes studies in mathematical programming and its applications as well as research on optimization algorithms. He is the author of five books on linear and non-linear programming and network flows, and an undergraduate text on Operations Research-Deterministic Optimization Models.