
Operations Research
Principles and Practice
A. Ravindran(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 2. January 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
656 pages
978-0-471-08608-6 (ISBN)
Description
Totally revised, this 2nd Edition includes a new chapter on decision analysis, and additional material on computer solutions of linear programming problems, LP applications, the use of sensitivity analysis output, minimal spanning tree, goal programming, network of queues, and more. Throughout, mathematics is kept to an intermediate level.
More details
Edition
2nd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 182 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1306 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-08608-6 (9780471086086)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
A. "Ravi" Ravindran, is Professor and Director of the School of Industrial Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He received a B.S> degree in electrical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (India), and MS and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California are Berkeley.
Don T. Phillips is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lamar University in 1965 and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1968.
James J. Solberg is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Perdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He received a B.A. degree from Harvard University in Mathematics in 1964, a M.A. in mathematics and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1967, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1969.
Don T. Phillips is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lamar University in 1965 and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1968.
James J. Solberg is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Perdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He received a B.A. degree from Harvard University in Mathematics in 1964, a M.A. in mathematics and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1967, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1969.
Content
The Nature of Operations Research. Linear Programming. Network Analysis. Advanced Topics in Linear Programming. Decision Analysis. Random Processes. Queueing Models. Inventory Models. Simulation. Dynamic Programming. Nonlinear Programming. Appendices. Index.