Introduction to Operations Research with Student Access Card

by Hillier, Frederick

• ISBN13: 9780077298340
• ISBN10: 0077298349
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Summary

For over four decades,Introduction to Operations Researchby Frederick Hillier has beentheclassic text on operations research. While building on the classic strengths of the text, the author continues to find new ways to make the text current and relevant to students. One way is by incorporating a wealth of state-of-the-art, user-friendly software and more coverage of business applications than ever before. The hallmark features of this edition include clear and comprehensive coverage of fundamentals, an extensive set of interesting problems and cases, and state-of-the-practice operations research software used in conjunction with examples from the text.Website: Solutions, Testbank

Table of 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

Documentation for the OR Courseware

Convexity

Classical Optimization Methods

Matrices and Matrix Operations

Table for a Normal Distribution Supplements on the Online Learning Center Additional Cases Supplement to Appendix

1 More about LINGO Supplement to

Linear Goal Programming and Its Solution Procedures Supplement to

A Case Study with Many Transportation Problems Supplement 1 to

Derivation of the Optimal Policy for the Stochastic Single-Period Model for Perishable Products Supplement 2 to

Stochastic Periodic-Review Models Supplement 1 to

Variance-Reducing Techniques Supplement 2 to

Regenerative Method of Statistical Analysis

The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets

Project Management with PERT/CPM

Additional Special Types of Linear Programming Problems

Probability Theory

Reliability

The Application of Queueing Theory

Forecasting

Examples of Performing Simulations on Spreadsheets with Crystal Ball

Simultaneous Linear Equations

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