logistics

Are there resources about logistics?

I couldn't find any complex resources in Google. Maybe the key words that I used were wrong. I am interested in web-sites, book titles, book authors etc.. I'm looking general theory. UPD: Previous title of the question was: "Are there resources about transport scheduling?". ...

Vehicle Routing / Resource Scheduling Algorithm Design

Hi Guys, My first post here – hoping you can help me with designing an algorithm that I’ve been considering for a little while now – not sure what approach to take (VRPTW or resource scheduling or something else entirely!?) To put it into a real word example, we have a whole lot of garden waste at a small number of locations (usually le...

User Management: Managing users in user-defined "groups", database schema and logistics

I'm a noob, development wise and logistically-wise. I'm developing a site that lets people take a test... My client wants the ability for a user with the roll/privledge "admin" (a step below a super-admin) to be allowed to create users and only see/edit the users that they create... The users created in that "category" or group need s...

App logicstics & changes due to scope creep

I started an app that was initially a testing platform--user management, and managers that can view their employees tests. Recently, functionality has been extended (not built yet) to allow users to complete a test in place of an employee--basically adding a record, but no user. I have three tables in use for this: users(contains user ...

Logistics of Notifications/Messaging in web app

I'm finishing up my first Codeigniter app and I have a question. Right now I have a message for new users saying something like "Hey there, welcome to the app..." A row in the db marks when the user has clicked "Don't show me this again". I would like to have a table called "user-notifications" that will send a notification to the use...