Operations Research: An Introduction

This major revision is designed to meet the needs of beginning through advanced students with an emphasis placed on the formulation and applications aspects. Provides balanced coverage of theory, applications and computations of operations research techniques. Numerical examples are the main vehicle for explaining new ideas with each numeric example followed by a set of problems.* NEW- The sixth edition is practically a new book. The first 18 chapters have been completely rewritten. Mathematics coverage has been revised to start easy and gradually increase in difficulty. * NEW- Now contains over 1000 problems, a 60% increase over the fifth edition. * NEW- Includes numerous new material: Floyds Shortest Route Algorithm, Goal Programming, Analytic Hierarchy Approach, Review of Probability, Probabilistic DP, and Simulation Modeling. * NEW- Includes updated versions of TORA software and the simulation language SIMNET II. *The material is organized to suit the needs of both the beginning and the advanced student. *Emphasizes the formulation and applications aspects of OR. *Numerical examples are the main vehicle for explaining new ideas. *Each numeric example is followed by a set of in-