This operations research text incorporates a wealth of state-of-the-art, user-friendly software and more coverage of modern operations research topics. This edition features the latest developments in operations research.

It is now a third of a century since the 1967 publication of the first edition of the pathbreaking Introduction to Operations Research, when the field was still relatively new. A great deal has changed since then in regard to both developments in the field and evolving pedagogical demands of students. The seventh edition, in both regards, brings the book fully into the twenty-first century.This new package contains version 2.0 of the CD-ROM, in which all of the software has been updated.

FOR STUDENTS OF COMMERCE,MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTANCY, AND ECONOMICS

Since the 1960s, operations research (or, alternatively, management science) has become an indispensable tool in scientific management. In simple words, its goal on the strategic and tactical levels is to aid in decision making and, on the operational level, automate decision making. Its tools are algorithms, procedures that create and improve solutions to a point at which optimal or, at least, satisfactory solutions have been found. While many texts on the subject emphasize methods, the special focus of this book is on the applications of operations research in practice. Typically, a topic is introduced by means of a description of its applications, a model is formulated and its solution is presented. Then the solution is discussed and its implications for decision making are outlined. We have attempted to maximize the understanding of the topics by using intuitive reasoning while keeping mathematical notation and the description of techniques to a minimum. The exercises are designed to fully explore the material covered in the chapters, without resorting to mind-numbing repetitions and trivialization.

Introduction to Operations Research