TY - BOOK AU - Faulin, Javier TI - Decision Making in Service Industries: A Practical Approach SN - 9781138073685 U1 - 658.403 PY - 2013/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Service Industries - Management KW - Decision Making N1 - Contents note continued: 9.Using Process Mapping and Capability Analysis to Improve Room Turnaround Time at a Regional Hospital /​ Evelyn C. Brown Section 3 Decision Making in Logistic Services 10.Decision Making in Logistics Outsourcing from the Standpoint of Hiring Companies /​ Antonio Carlos Gastaud Macada 11.Revenue Management of Transportation Infrastructure during the Service Life Using Real Options /​ Ruwen Qin 12.Evaluating Different Cost-Benefit Analysis Methods for Port Security Operations /​ Uwe Aickelin 13.Vehicle Routing in Service Industry Using Decision Support Systems /​ Burcin Bozkaya Section 4 Decision Making in Other Service Areas 14.Decision Support for Information Technology (IT) Service Investments under Uncertainty /​ Jacques Philippe Sauve 15.An Inventory Criticality Classification Method for Nuclear Spare Parts: A Case Study /​ Kim LaScola Needy 16.Service Technology, Pricing, and Process Economics in Banking Competition /​ Hosun Rhim. Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Services and Decision Making 1.Stochastic Decision Making in Information Technology Services Delivery /​ Mark S. Squillante 2.Simulation-Based Studies on Dynamic Sourcing of Customers under Random Supply Disruptions /​ Lian Qi 3.Customer Perceptions of Quality and Service System Design /​ Kabir C. Sen 4.Data Mining and Quality in Service Industry: Review and Some Applications /​ Alejandra Perez-Bonilla 5.Software for Solving Real Service-Management Problems /​ Maria Madela Abrudan Section 2 Decision Making in Health Services 6.Logistics and Retail Pharmacies: Providing Cost-Effective Home Delivery of Prescriptions /​ Alex C. Lin 7.Improving Pharmacy Operations Using Computer Simulation /​ W. David Kelton 8.Patient Prioritization in Emergency Departments: Decision Making under Uncertainty /​ Gul E. Okudan Kremer ER -