Table of Contents

Preface.; 1. Why Operations Research?; 2. Prerequisite for Operations Research.; 3. Linear Programming.; 4. Integer Programming.; 5. Goal Programming.; 6. Non-linear Programming.; 7. Geometric Programming.; 8. Transportation Problem.; 9. Assignment Problem.; 10. Decision Analysis.; 11. Inventory Problems.; 12. Queuing Theory.; 13. Replacement Models.; 14. Dynamic Programming.; 15. Project Management.; 16. Sequencing.; 17. Simulation.; 18. Game Theory. Appendix: Statistical Tables. Index.

About the Author

NITA H. SHAH is Reader, Department of Mathematics, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. She is a Post Doctoral Fellow of the University of New Brunswick, Canada. She has published over 90 research articles in various reputed journals. Dr. Nita Shah's areas of interest include inventory models, forecasting and neural networks. RAVI M. GOR is Assistant Professor, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) Business School, Ahmedabad. Earlier, he was Head, Department of Mathematics, Science College, Dholka, Gujarat. He has authored three books and has also published several articles in reputed research journals. His areas of interest are operations research and discrete mathematics. HARDIK SONI is Lecturer, Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Computer Applications, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. His areas of interest include operations research (inventory control and management), marketing research, network analysis and computer graphics.