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Examples of Industrial Decisions

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IDS has been used in industry to address a wide range of problems. Strategic applications include airline network planning and workforce planning; tactical applications include production planning and supply chain optimisation; operational applications include rostering and rail rescheduling after a disruption. It is emphasised that IDS is just decision support, typically in partnership with a human decision-maker.

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Wallace, M. (2020). Examples of Industrial Decisions. In: Building Decision Support Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41732-1_3

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