Introduction to Operations Research

✍ Scribed by Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman (late)

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1414
• Edition: 10
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Operations Research, 10th edition: Textbook for OR major.

✦ Table of Contents

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