Simulation-Based Case Studies in Logistics

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.

Factory Railway System.- Manufacturing System Planning and Scheduling.- Supply Chain Dynamics.- Pharmaceutical Distribution Network.- Hospital Resource Management.- Supply Chain Cyclic Planning and Optimisation.- Flexible Manufacturing Systems.- Fresh-Food Supply Chain.- Warehouse Order Picking Process.- Material Handling System.- Vessel Traffic in the Strait of Istanbul.- Airport Logistics Operations.