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1、PrefaceThisbookgrewoutanumberofdistributionandlogisticsgraduatecourseswehavetaughtoverthelasttenyears.Inthefirstfewyears,theemphasiswasonverybasicmodelssuchasthetravelingsalesmanproblem,andontheseminalpapersofHaimovichandRinnooyKan(1985),whichanalyzedasimplevehicleroutingproblem,andRoun
2、dy(1985),whichintroducedpower-of-twopoliciesandprovedthattheyareeffectivefortheonewarehousemulti-retailerdistributionsystem.Atthattime,fewresultsexistedformorecomplex,realisticdistributionproblems,stochasticinventoryproblemsortheintegrationoftheseissues.Inthelastfewyearshowever,thereha
3、sbeenrenewedinterestintheareaoflogisticsamongbothindustryandacademia.Anumberofforceshavecontributedtothisshift.First,industryhasrealizedthemagnitudeofsavingsthatcanbeachievedbybetterplanningandmanagementofcomplexlogisticssystems.In-deed,astrikingexampleisWal-Mart’ssuccessstorywhichispa
4、rtlyattributedtoimplementinganewlogisticsstrategy,calledcross-docking.Second,advancesininformationandcommunicationtechnologiestogetherwithsophisticateddecisionsupportsystemsnowmakeitpossibletodesign,implementandcontrollogisticsstrategiesthatreducesystem-widecostsandimproveservicelevel.
5、Thesedecisionsupportsystems,withtheirincreasinglyuser-friendlyinterfaces,arefundamentallychangingthemanagementoflogisticssystems.Thesedevelopmentshavemotivatedtheacademiccommunitytoaggressivelypursueanswerstologisticsresearchquestions.Indeed,inthelastfiveyearsconsid-erableprogresshasbee
6、nmadeintheanalysisandsolutionoflogisticsproblems.Thisprogresswasachieved,inmanycases,usinganapproachwhosepurposeistoascertaincharacteristicsoftheproblemorofanalgorithmthatareindependentviPrefaceofthespecificproblemdata.Thatis,theapproachdeterminescharacteristicsofthesolutionorthesolutio
7、nmethodthatareintrinsictotheproblemandnotthedata.Thisapproachincludestheso-calledworst-caseandaverage-caseanalyseswhich,asillustratedinthebook,helpnotonlytounderstandcharacteristicsoftheproblemorsolutionmethodology,butalsoprovidespecificguaranteesofeffectiveness.Inmanycase,theinsights