| Optimization in Operations Research Contributor(s): Rardin, Ronald L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0134384555 ISBN-13: 9780134384559 Publisher: Pearson OUR PRICE: $272.32 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Linear & Nonlinear Programming - Technology & Engineering | Operations Research |
| Dewey: 519.72 |
| LCCN: 2015019627 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 7.3" W x 9.3" (3.75 lbs) 1184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: KEY BENEFIT Rardin's Optimization in Operations Research, Second Edition builds on the critically acclaimed first edition published nearly two decades ago and named Book of the Year in 1999 by the Institute of Industrial Engineers. The goal of the Second Edition is to make the tools of optimization modeling and analysis even more widely accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, as well as to researchers and working practitioners who use it as a reference for self-study. The emphasis lies in developing skills and intuitions that students can apply in real settings or later coursework. LIke the first, the Second Edition covers the full scope of optimization (mathematical programming), spanning linear, integer, nonlinear, network, and dynamic programming models and algorithms, in both single and multiobjective contexts. New material adds large-scale, stochastic and complexity topics, while broadly deepening mathematical rigor without sacrificing the original's intuitive style. This edition also continues the author's belief that making optimization materials accessible and exciting to readers of diverse backgrounds requires a continuing discourse on optimization modeling. Every algorithm and analytic principle is developed in the context of a brief story, and computational exercises often begin with a formulation step. KEY TOPICS Problem Solving with Mathematical Models; Deterministic Optimization Models in Operations Research; Improving Search; Linear Programming Models; Simplex Search for Linear Programming; Duality, Sensitivity, and Optimality in Linear Programming; Interior Point Methods for Linear Programming; Multiobjective Optimization and Goal Programming; Shortest Paths and Discrete Dynamic Programming; Network Flows and Graphs; Discrete Optimization Models; Exact Discrete Optimization Methods; Large-Scale Optimization Methods; Computational Complexity Theory; Heuristic Methods for Approximate Discrete Optimization; Unconstrained Nonlinear Programming; Constrained Nonlinear Programming MARKET For anyone interested in Operations Research, Optimization, and Nonlinear Programming. |