... 2.5.1 Elementary technique 2.5.2 Moving average method 2.5.3 Exponential smoothing method 2.5.4 Choice of the smoothing constant 2.5.5 The demand forecasts for the subsequent time periods Further ... system, a large variety of planning decisions has to be made, ranging from the simple warehouse-floor choice of which item to pick next to fulfil a customer order to the corporate-level decision to build ... Computers & Operations Research Gilbert Laporte obtained his PhD in Operations Research at the London School of Economics in 1975 He is Professor of Operations Research at HEC Montréal, Director of the...