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Operations Research

A Model-Based Approach

  • Covers the standard operations research techniques
  • Presents an approach to operations research that is heavily based on modeling and makes extensive use of sensitivity analyses
  • Emphasis is on getting insight into problems rather than computing solutions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction to Operations Research

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 1-11
  3. Linear Programming

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 13-104
  4. Multiobjective Programming

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 105-122
  5. Integer Programming

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 123-173
  6. Network Models

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 175-219
  7. Location Models

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 221-255
  8. Project Networks

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 257-282
  9. Machine Scheduling

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 283-302
  10. Decision Analysis

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 303-331
  11. Multicriteria Decision Making

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 333-342
  12. Inventory Models

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 343-367
  13. Stochastic Processes and Markov Chains

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 369-380
  14. Waiting Line Models

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 381-395
  15. Simulation

    • H. A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
    Pages 397-415
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 417-446

About this book

The book covers the standard models and techniques used in decision making in organizations. The main emphasis of the book is on modeling business-related scenarios and the generation of decision alternatives. Fully solved examples from many areas are used to illustrate the main concepts without getting bogged down in technical details. The book presents an approach to operations research that is heavily based on modeling and makes extensive use of sensitivity analyses. It is a result of many years of combined teaching experience of the authors.

The second edition adds new material on multi-criteria optimization, postman problems, Lagrangian relaxation, cutting planes, machine scheduling, and Markov chains. Support material is found on a free website and includes some algorithms, additional fully solved problems and slides for instructors.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton,, Canada

    H. A. Eiselt

  • Dept. Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Carl-Louis Sandblom

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