Table of contents : Front Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Editors......Page 12 Contributors......Page 16 Introduction......Page 20 Chapter 1: Integrated Production Planning Model for Noncyclic Maintenance and Production Planning......Page 24 Chapter 2: Non-Traditional Performance Evaluation of Manufacturing Enterprises......Page 44 Chapter 3: Automotive Stamping Operations Scheduling Using Mathematical Programming and Constraint Programming......Page 60 Chapter 4: Voting Security in Social Media......Page 92 Chapter 5: Integrated Approach to Optimize Open-Pit Mine Block Sequencing......Page 106 Chapter 6: Locating Temporary Storage Sites for Managing Disaster Waste, Using Multiobjective Optimization......Page 122 Chapter 7: Using Earthquake Risk Data to Assign Cities to Disaster-Response Facilities in Turkey......Page 138 Chapter 8: Factors Affecting the Purchasing Behaviors of Private Shopping Club Users: A Study in Turkey......Page 158 Chapter 9: Traffic Signal Optimization: Challenges, Models, and Applications......Page 174 Chapter 10: Comp arative Financial Efficiency Analysis for Turkish Banking Sector......Page 186 Back Cover......Page 204 Front Cover......Page 205 Contents......Page 213 Preface......Page 215 Editors......Page 217 Contributors......Page 221 Introduction......Page 225 Chapter 1: Quality Management in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains : Developing-Country Perspective......Page 229 Chapter 2: Risk Analysis and Efficient Logistics for Maritime Ports and Waterways in Qatar......Page 257 Chapter 3: Combinatorial Auctions in Turkish Day-Ahead Electricity Markets......Page 279 Chapter 4: Simulation-Based Inventory Control in a Chemical Industry......Page 295 Chapter 5: Hand Torque Strength in Industry : A Critical Review......Page 309 Chapter 6: Optimization of Traffic Flow on Kuwait’s Roads and Highways......Page 349 Chapter 7: Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Production Lines in Kuwait’s Petroleum Sector......Page 403 Chapter 8: Simulation and Analysis of Izmir’s Metro Transportation System......Page 425 Chapter 9: Productivity Improvement Studies in a Process Industry : A Case Study......Page 443 Chapter 10: Modeling Inventory Dynamics : The Case of Frenudco......Page 471 Back Cover......Page 501 Front Cover......Page 502 Contents......Page 510 Preface......Page 512 Editors......Page 514 Contributors......Page 518 Introduction......Page 522 Chapter 1: Daily Planning for Three-Echelon Logistics Associated with Inventory Management under Demand Deviation......Page 526 Chapter 2: New Local Search Algorithm for Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery......Page 556 Chapter 3: Optimal Fencing in Airline Industry with Demand Leakage......Page 578 Chapter 4: Bi-Objective Berth–Crane Allocation Problem in Container Terminals......Page 608 Chapter 5: Route Selection Problem in the Arctic Region for the Global Logistics Industry......Page 630 Chapter 6: Route Design in a Pharmaceutical Warehouse via Mathematical Programming......Page 658 Chapter 7: Integrated Decision Model for Medical Supplier Evaluation......Page 670 Chapter 8: Arc Selection and Routing for Restoration of Network Connectivity after a Disaster......Page 690 Chapter 9: Feasibility Study of Shuttle Services to Reduce Bus Congestion in Downtown Izmir......Page 720 Chapter 10: Relocation of the Power Transmission and Distribution Division of a Multinational Electronics and Electrical Engineering Company......Page 738 Chapter 11: Location Problems with Demand Regions......Page 762 Chapter 12: A New Approach for Synchronizing Production and Distribution Scheduling : Case Study......Page 778 Chapter 13: An Integrated Replenishment and Transportation Model : Computational Performance Assessment......Page 796 Back Cover......Page 816