Operations Research Using Excel: A Case Study Approach

ISBN-13: 9780367646431 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 394 str.

Vikas Singla

Opis

The text discusses concepts of operations research using practical and theoretical approach, with the help of several case studies. It will be an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of mechanical engineering, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and production engineering.

Spis treści

1. OPERATIONS RESEARCH: AN INTRODUCTION. 2. LINEAR PROGRAMMING. 3. LINEAR PROGRAMMING: SIMPLEX METHOD. 4. SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND DUALITY THEORY. 5. NETWORK MODEL I: TRANSPORTATION MODEL. 6. NETWORK MODEL II: ASSIGNMENT MODEL. 7. NETWORK MODEL III: TRAVELLING SALESMAN, VEHICLE ROUTING AND SHORTEST PATH PROBLEM. 8. PROJECT SCHEDULING: PERT AND CPM. 9. GAME THEORY.

O autorze

Vikas Singla is currently holding the position of Assistant Professor in the School of Management Studies at Punjabi University, Patiala, India. By qualification he has done Industrial engineering, MBA and Ph.D. After gathering fruitful experience from manufacturing industry he has been in the teaching profession for last fifteen years. He teaches Business Administration and handles subjects in the area of business statistics, research methodology and operations management. He has been associated with ministry of human resource development in formulation modules in the subject of operations management and advance quantitative techniques for both under and post-graduate students. His specific research areas are in areas of lean manufacturing techniques. He has contributed in these fields academically by publishing research papers in various national and international journals.