Introduction to Operations Research

INSTALLING ANALYTIC SOLVER PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION
	Title Page
	ABOUT THE AUTHORS
	ABOUT THE CASE WRITERS
	Dedication Page
	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	List of SUPPLEMENTS AVAILABLE ON THE TEXT WEBSITE
	PREFACE
	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
	7 Linear Programming under Uncertainty
	8 Other Algorithms for Linear Programming
	9 The Transportation and Assignment Problems
	10 Network Optimization Models
	11 Dynamic Programming
	12 Integer Programming
	13 Nonlinear Programming
	14 Metaheuristics
	15 Game Theory
	16 Decision Analysis
	17 Queueing Theory
	18 Inventory Theory
	19 Markov Decision Processes
	20 Simulation
	Appendix 1  Documentation for the OR Courseware
	Appendix 2  Convexity
	Appendix 3  Classical Optimization Methods
	Appendix 4  Matrices and Matrix Operations
	Appendix 5  Table for a Normal Distribution
	PARTIAL ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS
	AUTHOR INDEX
	SUBJECT INDEX
	Back Cover
	Glossaries
	21 The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets
	22 Project Management with PERT/CPM
	23 Additional Special Types of Linear Programming Problems
	24 Probability Theory
	25 Reliability
	26 The Application of Queueing Theory
	27 Forecasting
	28 Examples of Performing Simulations on Spreadsheets with Analytic Solver Platform
	29 Markov Chains