Operations Research - A Practical Introduction

Forming a bridge from academic presentations of standard techniques to computer implementations for solving real problems, Operations Research: A Practical Introduction offers an in-depth guide to the use of OR techniques in decision-making, design, analysis, and management. It examines innovative methods and practical issues related to the development and use of computer implementations. The Guide to Software Tools section in each chapter offers information on how to select and obtain software and describes its most important characteristics. The authors present standard mathematical models and algorithms and examine a variety of practical issues.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Operations Research. Linear Programming. Network Analysis. Integer Programming. Nonlinear Optimization. Markov Processes. Queuing Models. Simulation. Decision Analysis. Heuristic Techniques in Operations Research.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael W. Carter and Camille C. Price

Zusammenfassung

A guide to the use of operations research (OR) techniques in decision-making, design, analysis, and management. It examines methods and practical issues related to the development and use of computer implementations. It offers information on how to select and obtain software and describes its important characteristics.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael W. Carter, Carter Michael W., Camille C. Price, Price Camille C.
• Mitarbeit: A. Ravi Ravindran (Herausgeber der Reihe)
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.07.2000
• EAN: 9780849322563
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-2256-3
• Seiten: 410
• Abmessung: 178 mm x 254 mm x 29 mm
• Gewicht: 907 g
• Illustration: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Serie: Operations Research Series
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Operations Research, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), Operational research, Engineering: general