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Previous edition: c2011
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [818]-819) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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[Pt. 1] Book -- [Pt. 2] DVD-ROM : Microsoft Project Professional 2010 trial edition
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About the authors -- Introduction -- An introduction to linear programming -- Linear programming : sensitivity analysis and interpretation of solution -- Linear programming applications in marketing, finance, and operations management -- Advanced linear programming applications -- Distribution and network models -- Integer linear programming -- Nonlinear optimization models -- Project scheduling : PERT/CPM -- Inventory models -- Waiting line models -- Simulation -- Decision analysis -- Multicriteria decisions -- Time series analysis and forecasting -- Markov processes -- Linear programming : simplex method -- Simplex-based sensitivity analysis and duality -- Solution procedures for transportation and assignment problems -- Minimal spanning tree -- Dynamic programming -- Appendixes. Building spreadsheet models -- Areas for the standard normal distribution -- Values of e -2 -- References and bibliography -- Self-test solutions and answers to even-numbered problems
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System requirements for accompanying disc: Microsoft Windows