Operation research an introduction

This text streamlines the coverage of the theory, applications, and computations of operations research. Numerical examples are effectively used to explain complex mathematical concepts. A separate chapter of fully analyzed applications aptly demonstrates the diverse use of OR. The popular commercia...

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Main Author: Taha, Hamdy A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Prentice Hall 2011.
Edition:9th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. What Is Operations Research?
  • Ch. 2. Modeling with Linear Programming
  • Ch. 3. The Simplex Methodand sensitivity analysis
  • Ch. 4. Duality and Post-Optimal Analysis
  • Ch. 5. Transportation Model and Its Variants
  • Ch. 6. Network Models
  • Ch. 7. Advanced Linear Programming
  • Ch. 8. Goal Programming
  • Ch. 9. Integer Linear Programming
  • Ch. 10. Heuristic Programming
  • Ch. 11. Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP)
  • Ch. 12. Deterministic Dynamic Programming
  • Ch. 13. Deterministic Inventory Models
  • Ch. 14. Review of Basic Probability
  • Ch. 15. Decision Analysis and Games
  • Ch. 16. Probabilistic Inventory Models
  • Ch. 17. Markov Chains
  • Ch. 18. Queuing Systems
  • Ch. 19. Simulation Modeling
  • Ch. 20. Classical Optimization Theory
  • Ch. 21. Nonlinear Programming Algorithms
  • App. A. Statistical Tables
  • App. B. partial Answers to Selected Problems.