Introduction -- An introduction to linear programming -- Linear programming sensitivity analysis and interpretation of solution -- Linear programming applications in marketing finance, and operations management -- Advanced linear programming applications -- Distribution and network models -- Integer linear programming -- Nonlinear optimization models -- Project scheduling: PERT/CPM -- Inventory models -- Simulation -- Waiting line models -- Simulation -- Decision analysis -- Multicriteria decisions -- Forecasting -- Markov processes -- Linear programming: simplex method -- Simplex-based sensitivity analysis and duality -- Solution procedures for transportation and assignment problems -- Minimal spanning tree -- Dynamic programming

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