Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Introduction. Homart Development Co. -- 2. Linear Programming: Formulation and Applications. U.S. Air Force -- 3. Solving LP Problems: Graphical Method. North American Van Lines -- 4. Solving LP Problems: Simplex Method. American Airlines, Inc. -- 5. Sensitivity Analysis. Citgo Petroleum Corporation -- 6. Distribution and Assignment Problems. General Motors Corporation -- 7. Network Models. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. -- 8. Project Scheduling. LTV Aerospace and Defense Company -- 9. Integer and Goal Programming. Mobil Oil Corporation -- 10. Dynamic Programming. Phillips Petroleum Company -- 11. Decision Theory. Ohio Edison Company -- 12. Forecasting. The Manitoba Telephone System -- 13. Queuing Models. The Xerox Corporation -- 14. Discrete Digital Simulation. United Airlines -- 15. Inventory Systems. IBM -- 16. Decision Support Systems. ICI Pharmaceuticals -- 17. Heuristics, AI, and Expert Systems. Digital Equipment Corporation -- 18. Markov Processes. Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) -- Appendix A: Cases -- Appendix B: Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations with Gaussian Elimination -- Appendix C: Areas of a Standard Normal Distribution -- Appendix D: The Chi-Square Distribution -- Appendix E: One-Tailed Table of Critical Values for the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test -- Appendix F: Multiserver Poisson-Exponential Queuing System: Probability That the System Is Idle, P[subscript (0)] -- Appendix G: Random Numbers -- Appendix H: Answers to Selected Problems.

Classification

• LCC: HD30.25
• Dewey Decimal: 658.4/034

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: xvi, 917 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
• Edition Info: $42.00

Subjects

• Management -- Mathematical models
• Operations research
• Management science

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