Model Building in Mathematical Programming 4th Edition

By Eric J. GruberSimon St. LaurentEdd Dumbill, et al.

Book Overview

The 5th edition of Model Building in Mathematical Programming discusses the general principles of model building in mathematical programming and demonstrates how they can be applied by using several simplified but practical problems from widely different contexts. Suggested formulations and solutions are given together with some computational experience to give the reader a feel for the computational difficulty of solving that particular type of model. Furthermore, this book illustrates the scope and limitations of mathematical programming, and shows how it can be applied to real situations. By emphasizing the importance of the building and interpreting of models rather than the solution process, the author attempts to fill a gap left by the many works which concentrate on the algorithmic side of the subject. In this article, H.P. Williams explains his original motivation and objectives in writing the book, how it has been modified and updated over the years, what is new in this edition and why it has maintained its relevance and popularity over the years: http: //www.statisticsviews.com/details/feature/4566481/Model-Building-in-Mathematical-Programming-published-in-fifth-edition.html This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471997889
• ISBN13: 9780471997887
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The best book on *practical* model building

That's it. It's the best book for learning modeling in a practical fashion. The learning from this book is practical and you'll learn to build practical and useful models.

Great OR book

This is an excellent book if you want to go deep understanding the true meaning of basic math programs.

Excellent

If there is anything that I would hold against my favorite Operations Research books - it would be the lack of emphasis on model and structure. Williams' book fills in that gap and is an essential companion to every Math Prog book. It is not a cookbook where one can look up a particular problem and the possible ways to model it. Instead, it takes a systematic and very sensible approach to modeling.The three chapters on Integer...

The Best Book of Its Kind

This is one of the only books I have ever encountered that focuses on the practical aspects of model formulation. This is a frequently overlooked aspect of optimization, but models that are well formulated will often result in superior performance. It is particularly strong in the formulation of mixed-integer problems, with a variety of tips for linearizing variable products and for incorporation of logical constructs. ...

It's so good!

The book is wonderful. If I have the money, I think I will buy it. Sigh!