| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 566 pages) : illustrations |
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Dover books on engineering |
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Dover books on engineering.
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| Contents |
Methodology -- Linear programming -- Applications of linear programming -- Additional linear methods -- Nonlinear optimization -- Dynamic programming -- Sequencing, routing, and scheduling -- Random variables and probability -- Probability functions from random models -- Mathematical expectation -- Random models and queues -- Operational techniques for random models |
| Summary |
Typical mathematical techniques of operations research and systems engineering are developed in this text, which applies these methods to the design and operation of civil engineering systems. Its problem-solving examples? Many adapted from the research literature? Span a cross-section of applications in transportation design, traffic control, water resource design and operation, structural design, and construction management. An introductory chapter on methodology is followed by six chapters on optimization and design. Chapters 2 through 4 address linear optimization; Chapter 5 develops topics in nonlinear optimization; Chapter 6 comprises examples of dynamic programming; And chapter 7 deals with sequencing, scheduling, and routing. The final chapters, 8 through 12, provide a review of basic probability and discuss applied probability. -- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1972 |
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"This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1972 by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. A list of errata has been prepared especially for this edition by the authors."--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Engineering design.
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Systems engineering.
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Operations research.
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systems engineering.
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Engineering design
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Operations research
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Systems engineering
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nicholls, Robert L., author
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Dover Publications, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781523106721 |
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1523106727 |
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