ABSTRACT
We are pleased to present this book that focuses on a key concept of industrial engineering that has received increased attention throughout the years-logistics. Starting from classical location and routing models, the concept of logistics has evolved through different application areas in the last two decades. Especially with the development of the party logistics (PL) concept due to different levels of outsourcing logistic operations and with the increasing demand from industry, academic research interest in logistics has increased rapidly throughout the years. This book provides an outlet for recent developments in global logistics. It clearly illustrates logistics problems encountered in many different application areas and presents the state of the art of some classical applications.
