Operations Research English 2007

Designed as a textbook for the postgraduate students of management and computer applications, this book presents the theory and applications of operations research in an easy-to-read style. It introduces the readers to various models of operations research such as the transportation model, the assignment model, the inventory model, the queueing theory and the integer programming model. The various techniques to solve OR problems faced by managers are also discussed. Separate chapters are devoted to linear programming, dynamic programming and quadratic programming which greatly help the decision-making process.The comprehension of these topics is greatly facilitated by the inclusion of: examples and situations from the Indian context; numerous exercise problems arranged in a graded manner; a large number of illustrative examples; and numerical examples followed by theory.Besides postgraduate students of management, computer applications, commerce, mathematics and statistics, undergraduate students of mechanical engineering and industrial engineering will also find this book extremely useful. In addition, it can be used as a reference for analysts and operations managers.