Integer and Combinatorial Optimization

Laurence A. Wolsey

ISBN 10: 0471359432 / ISBN 13: 9780471359432

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1999

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Discrete optimization models are used to tackle a wide variety of problems in many fields, including operations research, management science, engineering, and mathematics. Written by two internationally recognized integer programming experts, this book presents the mathematical foundations, theory, and algorithms of discrete optimization methods. Series: Wiley Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optimization. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: PBC; PBU; PBV; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1302. . 1999. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Integer and Combinatorial Optimization
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471359432
• ISBN 13: 9780471359432
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Rave reviews for INTEGER AND COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION

"This book provides an excellent introduction and survey of traditional fields of combinatorial optimization . . . It is indeed one of the best and most complete texts on combinatorial optimization . . . available. [And] with more than 700 entries, [it] has quite an exhaustive reference list."-Optima

"A unifying approach to optimization problems is to formulate them like linear programming problems, while restricting some or all of the variables to the integers. This book is an encyclopedic resource for such formulations, as well as for understanding the structure of and solving the resulting integer programming problems."-Computing Reviews

"[This book] can serve as a basis for various graduate courses on discrete optimization as well as a reference book for researchers and practitioners."-Mathematical Reviews

"This comprehensive and wide-ranging book will undoubtedly become a standard reference book for all those in the field of combinatorial optimization."-Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

"This text should be required reading for anybody who intends to do research in this area or even just to keep abreast of developments."-Times Higher Education Supplement, London

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About the Author

LAURENCE A. WOLSEY is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics at l'Universite Catholique de Louvain at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He is the author, with George Nemhauser, of Integer and Combinatorial Optimization.

GEORGE NEMHAUSER is an A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Institute Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.