Operations Research

Mathematical programming. Linear programming. Special types of linear programming problems. The applications of linear programming. Network analysis, including PERT-CPM, Dynamic programming. Game theory. Probabilistic models. Probability theory. Queueing theory. The application of queueing theory. Inventory theory. Markovian decision processes and applications. Reliability. Decision analysis. Simulation. Advanced topics in mathematical programming. Algorithms for linear programming; Integer programming. Nonlinear programming. Operations research in perspective. Appendixes. Answers to selected problems. Index.