Optimization and Computing using Intelligent Data-Driven Approaches for Decision-Making

This book comprehensively discusses nature-inspired algorithms, deep learning methods, applications of mathematical programming and artificial intelligence techniques. It will further cover important topic such as linking green supply chain management practices with competitiveness, industry 4.0, and social responsibility.This book:Addresses solving practical problems such as supply chain management, take-off, and healthcare analytics using intelligent computingPresents a comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for power consumption predictionDiscusses a machine learning-based multi-objective optimization technique for load balancing in an integrated fog cloud environmentIllustrates a data-driven optimization concept for modeling environmental and economic sustainabilityExplains the use of heuristics and metaheuristics in supply chain networks and the use of fuzzy optimization in sustainable development goalsThe text is primarily written for graduate students, and academic researchers in diverse fields including electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, mathematics and statistics, computer science and engineering.

Irfan Ali earned his B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from Aligarh Muslim University. He is currently a working faculty member with the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Aligarh Muslim University. He received the Post‑Graduate Merit Scholarship Award during his M.Sc. (statistics) and the UGC‑BSR Scholarship Award during his Ph.D. (statistics) program. His research interests include applied statistics, survey sampling, reliability theory, supply chain networks and management, mathematical programming, fuzzy optimization, and multi‑objective optimization. He has supervised M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. students in operations research. He completed a research project UGC‑Start‑Up Grant Project, UGC, New Delhi, India. He published more than 100 research articles in SCI/SCIE and other reputed journals and serves as a reviewer for several journals. He has published some edited books with international publishers, and some are in the process of publication. He published a textbook entitled Optimization with LINGO 18 Problems and Applications. This book is helpful for academicians, practitioners, students, and researchers in the field of OR. He is a lifetime member of various professional societies: Operational Research Society of India, Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Indian Mathematical Society, and The Indian Science Congress Association. He has delivered invited talks at several universities and institutions. He also serves as associate editor for some journals and guest editor for SCI/SCIE.Umar Muhammad Modibbo is a Senior Lecturer at the Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria. He earned his Ph.D. in Operations Research at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, in 2022. He earned his Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degrees in Operations Research at the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria (now The Modibbo Adama University, Yola) in 2016 and 2010, respectively. He is a recipient of the university’s grant to study M.Tech. Operations Research in 2014 and a Nigerian Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to study Ph.D. Operations Research in 2018. He received the Young Researcher Award and the Research Excellence Award from the Institute of Scholars (InSc), India, in 2020. He specialized in Applied Mathematical Programming and Computing. His research areas include mathematical programming and its applications, Soft computing, reliability optimization, fuzzy programming, multi‑objective optimization, inventory and supply chain management, renewable energy, circular economy, Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability. He is Fellow and President of the Operations Research Institute for Decision Sciences & Analytics of Nigeria (ORIDSAN) and a lifetime and Execrative Member of the African Federation of Operations Research Societies (AFROS) and the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). He has published over 40 research articles in jo