Table of Contents

Preface 1 INTRODUCTION On Getting Dressed Operations Research and Models The Transportation Problem 2 FORMULATION OF PROBLEMS The Diet Problem The Caterer Problem The Trim Problem The Personnel-assignment Problem The Activity-analysis Problem 3 SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS Single-variable Problems (for the True Beginner) Two-variable Problems A Manufacturing Problem The Diet Problem (Again) 4 LINEAR POTPOURRI Network Problems The Traveling-salesman Problem The Contract-awards Problem The Theory of Games MATHEMATICAL APPENDIX AND SUMMARY OF APPLICATIONS REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX