9780072535105

"Available July 31, 2004" The 8th edition of" Introduction to Operations Research" remains the classic operations research text while incorporating a wealth of state-of-the-art, user-friendly software and more coverage of business applications than ever before. The hallmark features of this edition include clear and comprehensive coverage of fundamentals, an extensive set of interesting problems and cases, and state-of-the-practice operations research software used in conjunction with examples from the text. This edition will also feature the latest developments in OR, such as metaheuristics, simulation, and spreadsheet modeling.

1 Introduction
2 Overview of the Operations Research Modeling Approach
3 Introduction to Linear Programming
4 Solving Linear Programming Problems: The Simplex Method
5 The Theory of the Simplex Method
6 Duality Theory and Sensitivity Analysis
7 Other Algorithms for Linear Programming
8 The Transportation and Assignment Problems
9 Network Optimization Models
10 Project Management with PERT/CPM
11 Dynamic Programming
12 Integer Programming
13 Nonlinear Programming
14 Game Theory
15 Decision Analysis
16 Markov Chains
17 Queueing Theory
18 The Application of Queueing Theory
19 Inventory Theory
20 Forecasting
21 Markov Decision Processes
22 Simulation
Appendixes
1 Documentation for the OR Courseware
2 Convexity
3 Classical Optimization Methods
4 Matrices and Matrix Operations
5 Tables
Partial Answers to Selected Problems
Indexes

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Introduction to Operations Research

Introduction to Operations Research

0072535105

Summary

Table of Contents

2 Overview of the Operations Research Modeling Approach

3 Introduction to Linear Programming

4 Solving Linear Programming Problems: The Simplex Method

5 The Theory of the Simplex Method

6 Duality Theory and Sensitivity Analysis

7 Other Algorithms for Linear Programming

8 The Transportation and Assignment Problems

9 Network Optimization Models

10 Project Management with PERT/CPM

11 Dynamic Programming

12 Integer Programming

13 Nonlinear Programming

14 Game Theory

15 Decision Analysis

16 Markov Chains

17 Queueing Theory

18 The Application of Queueing Theory

19 Inventory Theory

20 Forecasting

21 Markov Decision Processes

22 Simulation

Appendixes

1 Documentation for the OR Courseware

2 Convexity

3 Classical Optimization Methods

4 Matrices and Matrix Operations

5 Tables

Partial Answers to Selected Problems

Indexes

Supplemental Materials