Linear Programming And Network Flows, Fourth Edition

This updated fourth edition focuses on modeling concepts, design and analysis of algorithms, and implementation in fields as diverse as industrial engineering, operations research, management science, computer science, and mathematics--as did earlier editions. New topics for this edition include: the cycling phenomenon in linear programming and the geometry of cycling, duality relationships with cycling, elaboration on stable factorizations and implementation strategies, line search and dual ascent ideas for the out-of-kilter algorithm, heap implementation comments, negative cost circuit insights, and additional convergence analyses for shortest path problems. This technical but concisely written text would be useful for upper-undergraduate and graduate level course work and as a resource for applied scientists. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Mokhtar S. Bazaraa, PhD, is Emeritus Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor of Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms, Third Edition and Linear Programming and Network Flows, Third Edition, both published by Wiley.

John J. Jarvis, PhD, is Emeritus Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. A Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Dr. Jarvis is the coauthor of Linear Programming and Network Flows, Third Edition (Wiley).

Hanif D. Sherali, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor and the W. Thomas Rice Chaired Professor of Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic and State University. A Fellow of INFORMS and IIE, he is the coauthor of Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms, Third Edition and Linear Programming and Network Flows, Third Edition, both published by Wiley.