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Hillier, Frederick S.

Introduction to operations research / Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman. - 9th ed., International ed. - Boston ; London : McGraw-Hill, 2010. India McGraw Hill Education(India) Private Ltd. 2012 - xxx, 1102 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction --
Overview of the operations research modelling approach --
Introduction to linear programming --
Solving linear programming problems: The simplex method --
The theory of the simplex method --
Duality theory and sensitive analysis --
Other algorithms for linear programming --
The transportation and assignment problems --
Network organization models --
Dynamic programming --
Integer programming --
Nonlinear programming --
Metaheuristics --
Game theory --
Decision analysis --
Markov chains --
Queueing theory --
Inventory theory --
Markov decision processes --
Simulation.

Incorporates coverage of business applications. This title features comprehensive coverage of fundamentals, a set of problems and cases, and operations research software used in conjunction with examples. It also features a website that include solutions, 100 worked examples, articles, a testbank, companion software, as well as case studies.



ISBN: 9780071333467 0071333460 9780071267670 9780071324830 9780071333467 9780073376295 0071333460

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operations research.

LC Class. No.: T57.6

Dewey Class. No.: 658.5 / INT 2010