Introduction to operations research /
Frederick S. Hillier and Gerald J. Lieberman
- 8th ed.
- Boston: McGraw Hill, c2005.
- xxv, 1061 p.: ill.; 26cm
Includes index.
Contents: Introduction -- Overview of the operations research modeling 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 -- Dynamic programming -- Integer programming -- Nonlinear programming -- Metaheuristics -- Game theory -- Decision analysis -- Markov chains -- Queueing theory -- Inventory theory -- Markov decision processes -- 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.