OPERATIONS RESEARCH

OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Operations Research is designed as a textbook for undergraduate students of science and
engineering. It is intended to help them understand and apply operations research techniques
in industrial operations and to create awareness on optimization in utilization of resources. The
book may also be used as a reference for management courses as well as research studies in this
field.
The book introduces basic topics such as formulation and graphical solution of linear
programming problems (LPP), simplex and revised simplex methods, duality and sensitivity
analysis, transportation and assignment models. It then moves on to advanced topics, such as
sequencing and scheduling (critical path method and program evaluation and review technique),
dynamic, integer, and goal programming, game and decision theories, queuing, replacement,
and inventory (deterministic and probabilistic) models, simulation, non-linear programming,
and classical optimization techniques. Seven appendices at the end of the book discuss a few
preliminary mathematical concepts in brief, and provide a few tables that would be helpful in
solving certain problems provided in the book.
Key Features
Includes chapters on topics such as project scheduling, replacement models, inventory models,
and non-linear programming
Provides end-chapter exercises such as multiple-choice questions, true or false questions, fill in
the blanks, review questions, numerical problems, and conceptual problems
Illustrates multiple methods to solve certain problems
Includes previous years’ examination questions of various universities
S.R. Yadav obtained his PhD degree from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani,
and taught there for 39 years, while simultaneously serving as a core member of various divisions

Yadav
in BITS, Pilani. He has more than 49 years of experience in teaching and research. He also served
as a Director at the Singhania Institute of Law, Management, Science and Technology (presently
Singhania University) Pacheri, Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan). He retired as professor of Mathematics from
the B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan. Malik
A.K. Malik is Associate Professor at the B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering and Technology,
Pilani, Rajasthan. He obtained his MSc with specialization in industrial mathematics from Gurukula
Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand and PhD in operations research from Chaudhary
Charan Singh (CCS) University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He has nine years experience in
academics and research. He is a reviewer and member of the editorial board of various national
and international journals. He has authored nine other books.

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