Simulation-Based Case Studies in Logistics

- Factory Railway System; Antoni Guasch, Jaume Figueras and Pau Fonseca

- Manufacturing System Planning and Scheduling; Galina Merkuryeva and Nigel Shires

- Supply Chain Dynamics; Jean-Claude Hennet

- Pharmaceutical Distribution Network; Hendrik Van Landeghem

- Hospital Resource Management; Rosa M. Aguilar Chinea, Iván Castilla Rodríguez and Roberto C. Muñoz González

- Supply Chain Cyclic Planning and Optimisation; Galina Merkuryeva and Liana Napalkova

- Flexible Manufacturing Systems; Miquel Àngel Piera Eroles, Mercedes Narciso Farias and Roman Buil Giné

- Fresh Food Supply Chain; Agostino Bruzzone, Marina Massei and Enrico Bocca

- Warehouse Order Picking Process; Yuri Merkuryev, Galina Merkuryeva and Aurelija Burinskiene

- Material Handling System; Gaby Neumann

- Vessel Traffic in the Strait of Istanbul; Özgecan S. Ulusçu, Birnur Özbas, Tayfur Altiok, Ilhan Or and Alper Ö. Almaz

- Airport Logistics Operations; Miquel Àngel Piera Eroles, Ernesto Robayna and Juan José Ramos

Dr Yuri Merkuryev is full professor of the Institute of Information Technology and head of the Department of Modelling and Simulation at Riga Technical University. Dr Merkuryev is also president of the Latvian Simulation Society and director of the Latvian Centre of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Science.

Dr Galina Merkuryeva is full professor of the Institute of Information Technology at the Department of Modelling and Simulation, Riga Technical University and honorary visiting professor of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, as well as vice-director of the Latvian Centre of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Science. Dr Merkuryeva has previously worked as an IT consultant for SIA Baldis and served as a technical expert on a project evaluation funded by the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, and Ministry of Economics.

Dr Miquel Angel Piera is a professor and director of Aeronautical Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and director of the International Mediterranean & Latin American Council of Simulation. Dr Piera is also director of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Science and co-director of LogiSim, a technological transfer centre.

Dr Antoni Guasch is professor of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and co-director of LogiSim, a technological transfer centre.ull professor of the Institute of Information Technology at the Department of Modelling and Simulation, Riga Technical University and honorary visiting professor of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, as well as vice-director of the Latvian Centre of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Science. Dr Merkuryeva has previously worked as an IT consultant for SIA Baldis and served as a technical expert on a project evaluation funded by the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, and Ministry of Economics.

Dr Miquel Angel Piera is a professor and director of Aeronautical Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and director of the Int