Operations Research Problems

The objective of this book is to provide a valuable compendium of problems as a reference for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, and practitioners of operations research and management science. These problems can serve as a basis for the development or study of assignments and exams. Additionally, they can be useful as a guide for the first stage of model formulation, which is the definition of a problem. The book is divided into 11 chapters that address the following topics: linear programming, integer programming, nonlinear programming, network modeling, inventory theory, queue theory, decision trees, game theory, dynamic programming, and Markov processes. Readers will find a considerable number of statements of operations research applications for management decision-making. The solutions to these problems are provided concisely, although all topics start with...