Operations Research Models and Methods

In a rapidly developing field like Operations Research, its easy to get overwhelmed by the variety of topics and analytic techniques. Paul Jensen and Jonathan Bard help you master the expensive field by focusing on the fundamental models and methodologies underlying the practice of Operations Research.

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the authors presents the quantitative tools and models most important to understanding modern operations research. You′ll come to appreciate the power of OR techniques in solving real–world problems and applications in your own field. You′ll learn how to translate complex situations into mathematical models, solve models and turn models into solutions. Additional online content contains advanced topics, as well as robust, yet easy–to–use, Excel add–ins that support the methods discussed in the text.

Features

• Divide each subject into methods and models, giving you greater flexibility in how you approach the material.
• Concise and focused presentation highlights central ideas. Online material includes advanced topics and applications.
• Excel add–ins online will help you solve almost all of the problems and exercises in the book.
• Many examples throughout the text will help you better understand mathematical material.