TY - BOOK AU - Wagner, Harvey M. TI - Principles of operations research : with applications to managerial decisions SN - 9788120301627 U1 - 658.4034 PY - 2001///, CY - New Delhi PB - Prentice-Hall of India KW - Operations research N1 - Includes index; 1. The art and science of executive decisions -- 2. Formulation of linear optimization models -- 3. Algebraic and geometric representations of linear optimization models -- 4. Simplex method of solution -- 5. Sensitivity testing and duality -- 6. Transportation problem -- 7. Shortest-route and other network models -- 8. Introduction to dynamic optimization models -- 9. Dynamic optimization of inventory scheduling -- 10. Other examples of dynamic programming -- 11. Decision-making over an unbounded horizon -- 12. Optimization methods for an unbounded horizon -- 13. Integer programming and combinatorial models -- 14. Optimzation with a nonlinear objective function -- 15. Advanced techniques in nonlinear programming -- 16. Introduction to stochastic programming models -- 17. Probabilistic dynamic programming models -- 18. Dynamic programming in Markov chains -- 19. Probabilistic inventory models -- 20. Waiting line models -- 21. Computer simulation of management systems -- 22. Implementation of operations research ER -