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Klappentext This textbook provides a theoretical and practical introduction to Business Optimisation using mathematical programming. Few textbooks have integrated modelling with state-of-the-art commercially available software. This text is up-to-date with relevant examples and cases and is accompanied by the software to solve the models. Zusammenfassung This textbook provides a theoretical and practical introduction to Business Optimisation using mathematical programming. Few textbooks have integrated modelling with state-of-the-art commercially available software. This text is up-to-date with relevant examples and cases and is accompanied by the software to solve the models. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface.- Optimisation: Using Models! Validating Models! Solutions! Answers.- The Scope of Problem Formulation and How to Formulate the Problem.- Mathematical Solution Techniques.- Problems Solvable Using Linear Programming.- How Optimisation is Used in Practice: Case Studies in Linear Programming Modelling Structures Using Mixed Integer Programming.- Types of Mixed Integer Linear Programming Problems.- Case Studies and Problem Formulations.- User Control of the Optimisation Process and Improving Efficiency.- How Optimisation is Used in Practice: Case Studies in Integer Programming.- Other Types of Optimisation Problems.- Conclusion: The Impact and Implication of Optimisation.- Software Related Issues.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.
