This introductory text provides undergraduate and graduate students with a concise and practical introduction to the primary concepts and techniques of optimization. Practicing engineers and managers will also find useful its concentration on problems and examples relevant to them. With a strong emphasis on basic concepts and techniques throughout, the book explains the theory behind each technique as simply as possible, along with illustrations and worked example... Etc.

Índice de contenidos: Formulation -- Geometry of linear programming -- The simplex algorithm -- Duality theory -- Advanced linear programming -- Sensitivity analysis -- Transportation problems -- Network analysis -- Project management -- Sequencing problems -- Integer programming -- Dynamic programming -- Nonlinear programming -- Search techniques -- Geometric programming -- Goal programming -- Games theory -- Special topics -- Objective type questions