Advances in Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming

Tomas Gal (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 079239917X / ISBN 13: 9780792399179

Published by Springer, 1997

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Advances in Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming | Tomas Gal (u. a.) | Buch | International Series in Operations Research & Management Science | xxiii | Englisch | 1997 | Springer | EAN 9780792399179 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advances in Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079239917X
• ISBN 13: 9780792399179
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 37D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1068 grams
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Synopsis

The standard view of Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) dichotomizes the field into deterministic and probabilistic (nondeterministic, stochastic) subfields. This division can be seen by reading the contents page of just about any OR/MS textbook. The mathematical models that help to define OR/MS are usually presented in terms of one subfield or the other. This separation comes about somewhat artificially: academic courses are conveniently subdivided with respect to prerequisites; an initial overview of OR/MS can be presented without requiring knowledge of probability and statistics; text books are conveniently divided into two related semester courses, with deterministic models coming first; academics tend to specialize in one subfield or the other; and practitioners also tend to be expert in a single subfield. But, no matter who is involved in an OR/MS modeling situation (deterministic or probabilistic - academic or practitioner), it is clear that a proper and correct treatment of any problem situation is accomplished only when the analysis cuts across this dichotomy.

Review

`... well-organized book can be highly recommended to all who are engaged in operations research and decision making with incomplete information and/or multiple criteria. I do not hesitate to congratulate the two editors on their excellent work.'
OR Spektrum, 22 (2000)