ChapterOneIntroduction
1.1ProblemSolvingandDecisionMaking
1.2QuantitativeAnalysisandDecisionMaking
1.3QuantitativeAnalysis
ModelDevelipment
DataPreparation
ReportGeneration
ANoteRegardingImplementation
1.4ModelsofCost,Revenue,andProfit
CostandVolumeModels
RevenueandVolumeModels
ProritandVolumeModels
BreakEvenAnalysis
1.5ManagementScienceinPractice
ManagementScienceTechniques
MethodsUsedMostFrequently
Summary
Glossary
Problems
Appendix1.1SpreadsheetsforManagementScience
Appendix1.2TheManagementScientistSoftwarePackage
ManagementScienceinPractice:MeadCorporation
ChaptertwolinearProgramming:TheGraphicalMethod
2.1ASimpleMaximizationProblem
TheObjectiveFumction
TheConstraints
MathematicalStatementofthePar,Inc,Problem
2.2GraphicalSolution
ANoteonGraphingLines
SummaryoftheGraphicalSolutionProcedureforMaximixzationProblems
SlackVariables
2.3ExtremePointsandOptimalSolution
2.4ASimpleMinimizationProblem
SAummaryoftheGraphicalSolutionProcedureforMaximixzationProblems
2.5Specialcases
AlternativeOptimalSolutions
Infeashibility
Unbounded
2.6IntroductiontoSensitivityAnalysis
2.7GraphicalSensitivityAnalysis
ObjectiveFunctionCoefficients
RightHandSides
Summary
Glossary
Problems
CaseProblem:AdvertisingStrategy
CaseProblem:ProductionStrategy
ChapterTherelinearProgramming:Formulation,ComputerSolution
3.1ComputerSolutionoflinearPrograms
InterpretationofComputerOutput
SimultaneousChanges
InterpretationofConputerOutput_ASecondExample
CautionaryNoteontheInterpretationofDualPrices
3.2MorethanTwoDecisionVariables
TheModifiedPar,Inc,Problem
TheBluegrassFarmsProblem
FormulationoftheBluegrassFarmsProblem
ComputerSolutionandInterpretationfortheBluegrassFarmsProblem
3.3Modeling
GuidelinesforModelFormulation
ManagementScienceinAction:AnOptimalwoodProcurementPolicy
TheElectronicCommunicationsProblem
ComputerSolutionandInterpretationfortheElectronicCommunicationsProblem
ManagementScienceinAction:UsingLinearProgrammingforTrafficComtrol
Summary
Glossary
Problems
CaseProblem:ProductMix
CaseProblem:TruckLeasingStrategy
ChapterFourLinearprogrammingapplications
ChapterFivelinearprogramming:thesimplexmethod
Chaptersixsimplex-basedsensitivityanalysisandduality
ChapterSeventransportation,assignment,andtransshipmentproblems
ChapterElghtintegerlinearprogramming
ChapterNineNetorkModels
ChapterTenProjectScheduling
ChapterEleverInventoryModels
ChapterTwelveWaitingLineModels
ChapterThirteenSimulation
ChapterFourteenDecisaionAnalysis
ChapterFifteenMulticriteriaDecisionProblems
ChapterSixteenForecvasting
ChapterSeventeenMarkovProcesses
ChapterElghteenDynamicProgramming