Introduction to Operations Research
7th Edition
Published on 1. December 2000
Book
Mixed media product
1220 pages
978-0-07-118163-1 (ISBN)
Description
Without diluting any of the features of the sixth edition, the focus of the revision for the seventh edition is on increasing the motivation and excitement of the students by making the book considerably more "real-world" orientated and accessible. Twenty-five new cases have been added at the end of the problem sections, and new material includes eight new sections discussing the practical application of various techniques of operations research, a new chapter on project management with PERT/CPM, and many new problems. The CD-ROM provides an array of software options that reflect contemporary practice.
More details
Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, indexes
Weight
2066 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-118163-1 (9780071181631)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Overview of the operations research modelling approach; introduction to linear programming; solving linear programming problems - the simplex method; the theory of the simplex method; duality theory and sensitivity analysis; other algorithms for linear programming; the transportation and assignment problems; network optimization models; project management with PERT/CPM; dynamic programming; integer programming; nonlinear programming; game theory; decision analysis; Markov chains; queueing theory; the application of queueing theory; inventory theory; forecasting; Markov decision processes; simulation. Appendices: documentation for the OR courseware; convexity; classical optimization methods; matrices and matrix operations; partial answers to selected problems.