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082			_a658.4034 _bTAH
100			_aTaha, Hamdy A.
245			_aOperations research : an introduction
250			_a7th ed.
260			_aNew Delhi: _bPearson Education, _c2002.
300			_axvii, 830 pages ; _e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
500			_aIncludes index, CD ROM available here
505			_a1. What is operations research? -- 2. Introduction to linear programming -- 3. The simplex method -- 4. Duality and sensitivity analysis -- 5. Transportation model and its variants -- 6. Network models -- 7. Advanced linear programming -- 8. Goal programming -- 9. Integer linear programming -- 10. Deterministic dynamic programming -- 11. Deterministic inventory models -- 12. Review of basic probability -- 13. Forecasting models -- 14. Decision analysis and games -- 15. Probabilistic dynamic programming -- 16. Probabilistic inventory models -- 17. Queuing systems -- 18. Simulation modeling -- 19. Markovian decision process -- 20. Classical optimization theory -- 21. Nonlinear programming algorithms.
520			_aCD-ROM contains: algorithms and explanations -- tutorial features -- menu-driven TORA optimization system -- over 20 general and ready-to-use Excel spreadsheet templates -- several Excel Solver templates -- example applications of the commercial packages AMPL and LINGO.
650			_aOperations research.
650			_aProgramming (Mathematics)
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