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Optimization in Operations Researchby Ronald L. RardinPrentice Hall, 1998 ISBN 002-398415-5 (N. America) ISBN 0-13-281925-2 (International)
OverviewThis text provides a comprehensive introduction to deterministic optimization in operations research. Major innovations include introducing the full range of mathematical programs (linear, nonlinear, integer and multiobjective) from the very beginning, presenting most algorithms (including simplex) as implementations of a common improving search paradigm, and providing the broadest available exposition of successful applications in an introductory text. The book is intended for first undergraduate and graduate optimization courses in engineering and mathematics, undergraduate/graduate electives in management, as well as introductory courses in subtopics such as linear programming, integer and combinatorial optimization, network flows, and nonlinear programming. Over 60 story examples and 300 worked exercises are included within the development, and more than 500 additional exercises are provided at the ends of chapters, most with multiple parts. Answers to approximately half the numerical and smaller formulation exercises are included at the back of the book, and an Instructor's Manual with full solutions to all chapter exercises is available from the author. |
