Introduction to Operations Research

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Foreword
Page v
Richard Bellman

Preface to the French Edition
Pages vii-viii
A. Kaufma, R. Faure

Chapter 1 Story of a Newsvendor (A Problem of Stock)
Pages 1-21

Chapter 2 How Should Investments Be Distributed? (A Combinatorial Problem of Allocation. Dynamic Program)
Pages 22-31

Chapter 3 The Puppet Manufacturer (Markov Chain. Problem of Sequential Decisions)
Pages 32-53

Chapter 4 Patience in the Face of Delays (Distribution of Tools in a Factory. The Theory of Waiting-Line Phenomena)
Pages 54-70

Chapter 5 Shipments of Coffee (Transport Network. The Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm)
Pages 71-78

Chapter 6 Mexico City-Acapulco (A Problem of Assignment)
Pages 79-106

Chapter 7 225,000 Bottles the Next Day! (A Transport Problem. Algorithm of the Steppingstone)
Pages 107-133

Chapter 8 When Should I Sell my Golondrina? (Replacement of Depreciating Equipment. Investments and Discounting)
Pages 134-149

Chapter 9 Keep an Eye on Those Tires! (The Theory of Restocking)
Pages 150-164

Chapter 10 Stop Thief! (A Rational Use of the Theory of Games of Strategy)
Pages 165-176

Chapter 11 One and One Make One—A Propaganda Hit in Two Acts (Use of Boolean Algebra)
Pages 177-196

Chapter 12 Interpreters for Teotihuacan (Problem of Personnel Management)
Pages 197-212

Chapter 13 The Triumph of Denis-Papin (Introduction to Linear Programming)
Pages 213-227

Chapter 14 Libre O Completo (Choice of a Criterion in the Face of Uncertainty)
Pages 228-238

Chapter 15 Poverty and Riches (Finding an Index of Poverty. Weighting the Values)
Pages 239-252

Chapter 16 The New Fregoli (Foulkes' Algorithm and Its Application)
Pages 253-263

Chapter 17 Actors on Tour¹ (A Scheduling Problem. Johnson's Algorithm)
Pages 264-274

Chapter 18 Dinner `la Franclaise (In Which We See That the Theory of Graphs and Boolean Algebra May be Useful in the Kitchen)
Pages 275-281

Bibliography
Pages 283-295

Index
Pages 297-300