Operations Research: Fundamentals and Applications

Author: Hu Yunquan
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is a national-level planning textbook for general higher education in the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, revised based on the third edition. It systematically introduces the main theories and methods of various branches of operations research, such as linear programming, integer programming, goal programming, graph and network analysis, dynamic programming, inventory theory, queuing theory, decision theory, and game theory. The content strives to clarify the economic and physical meanings of concepts and methods, and introduces the establishment of various models and their applications in economic management through numerous carefully designed examples. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises for review and comprehension of the textbook content. The book is comprehensive, easy to understand, user-friendly, and concise in writing. The second edition was awarded the second prize for outstanding teaching materials by the Ministry of Education. Based on the third edition, the revision of the fourth edition extensively references recent domestic and international textbooks and books on operations research, updates some examples, appropriately increases the number of exercises, and adds content on data envelopment analysis, 0-1 programming modeling, the analytic hierarchy process, Paretooptimal solutions in multi-objective decision-making, and economic game theory. Additionally, new case studies are included at the end of each chapter for discussion and further in-depth learning. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in economics and management disciplines at universities and colleges as a textbook, as well as for students and engineering technicians in various management colleges, factories, mines, and economic management departments for self-study or reference.