Using Mathematics to Solve Service Operations, Industrial, and Logistics Problems

Mathematics has been called the language of science. Mathematics is used to solve many real-world problems in service operations, industry, logistics, the physical sciences, economics, social and human sciences, engineering, and technology, for example. We overview the many service, industrial, and logistics problems that have been solved using fuzzy logic technology, multiobjective metaheuristics, neural networks, tabu search, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, mathematical programming, decision analysis, Petri nets, and queueing models. This overview could be useful for new faculty and Ph.D. students in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, and Operations Management who are looking to solve some real problems. Future applications are also described.