Operations Research, 2nd Edition

Contents

Preface

About the Authors

1 Basics of Operations Research

1.1 Development of Operations Research

1.2 Definition of Operations Research

1.3 Necessity of Operations Research in Industry

1.4 Scope/Applications of Operations Research

1.5 Operations Research and Decision-Making

1.6 Operations Research in Modern Management

1.7 Phases of Operations Research

1.8 Models in Operations Research

1.8.1 Classification of Models

1.8.2 Characteristics of a Good Model

1.8.3 Principles of Modelling

1.8.4 General Methods for Solving Operations Research Models

1.9. Role of Operations Research in Engineering

1.10. Limitations of Operations Research

Exercises

2 Linear Programming Problem (LPP)

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Mathematical Formulation of Linear Programming ...