Operations Research: A Concise Tutorial

Author: Qin Yuyuan
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book is suitable for students in engineering, management, and economics as a textbook for operations research. Readers with basic knowledge of linear equations, inequalities, linear equations, and matrices can read this tutorial, and high school students can also self-study and read through it. The book consists of 8 chapters, divided into three parts. Part 1, Linear Programming: Linear programming and product structure optimization problems, the finite improvement method for solving linear programming, sensitivity analysis and further discussion on product structure optimization problems, the practicality and application of linear programming problems. Second Part, Combinatorial Optimization: Dynamic programming, critical path method, minimum spanning tree and maximum matching problems. Third Part, Orthogonal Array Design. Each chapter is followed by computational problems for readers to practice. Additionally, the book introduces the application of operations research software packages, which will help readers understand concepts and solve problems. The book starts with numerical examples, emphasizing the accuracy of basic concepts and avoiding general discussions and rigorous theoretical proofs. The authors have applied their years of research findings to the teaching of fundamental concepts, greatly simplifying the difficulties in operations research. This tutorial is concise, practical, and uses less mathematical knowledge to explain theories, methods, and algorithms, making it easier for students to grasp.