Description

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This text provides a concise analysis for professionals in operations research, statistics, management, applied mathematics, and finance. It covers graph theory, linear programming, stochastic processes, and dynamic processing. The second edition adds new material and longer investigations, and incorporates suggestions and self-check questions throughout the text.

A complete electronic version is on the accompanying CD in the form of Mathematica notebooks, letting you devise, edit, and execute commands to increase comprehension and problem-solving ability. Contents

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Graph Theory and Network Analysis | Linear Programming | Further Topics in Linear Programming | Markov Chains | Continuous Time Processes | Dynamic Programming | Appendix A--Probability Review | Appendix B--Answers to Selected Exercises | Appendix C--Glossary of Mathematica Commands Related Topics

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Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Probability and Statistics