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Cover
Contents
About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: an Introduction to Linear Programming
Chapter 3: Linear Programming: Sensitivity Analysis and Interpretation of Solution
Chapter 4: Linear Programming Applications
Chapter 5: Linear Programming: the Simplex Method
Chapter 6: Simplex-Based Sensitivity Analysis and Duality
Chapter 7: Transportation, Assignment and Transshipment Problems
Chapter 8: Network Models
Chapter 9: Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM
Chapter 10: Inventory Models
Chapter 11: Queuing Models
Chapter 12: Simulation
Chapter 13: Decision Analysis
Chapter 14: Multicriteria Decisions
Online Chapter 15: Integer Linear Programming
Online Chapter 16: Forecasting
Online Chapter 17: Dynamic Programming
Online Chapter 18: Markov Processes
Appendices
Glossary
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