How can Operations Research challenge the greenhouse issue ? How do we developp applications that are not only cost killer but also beneficial to the environment ? Decision making emphasizes a compromise approach : balance different objectives, draw some Pareto frontiers , use multi-level optimizations, balance constraints and cost function, etc. We at Rostudel therefore strongly believe that we can both increase our customers productivity including new regulation constraints, or reversely promote a better environment without endangering companies business models. Times there is a changing, used to say Bob Dylan. Well, before nuclear fusion and widespread electric vehicles usage, it is time to save our resources and go for sustainable development. Guess what, OR can help ! The famous Traveling Salesman Problem seeks for a shortest tour , which is as well the less carbon consuming. Putting cargo on rails rather than trucks requires a greater flexibility in freight transportation system. Vehicle Sharing is growing in main cities, bicycles on demand as well : how do we guarantee a high QoS for this new transportation means ? |