Model Building in Mathematical Programming - 9781118443330

Williams (London School of Economics) explains how to build models in mathematical programs used in operational research and management science. The material could be used by university students, managers, and general readers looking for an alternative to verbal description for understanding how an organization works. He describes the principles and procedures for creating a model, poses sample problems in various businesses, analyzes and discusses the problems, and provides solutions to them. The topics include building linear programming models, applications and special types of mathematical programming model, non-linear models, building integer programming models, and implementing a mathematical programming system of planning. The problems concern such areas as food manufacture, mining, hydro power, milk collection, car rental, and protein folding. First published in 1978 and revised here from the 1999 edition. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)