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<BODY bgcolor="#ffffff" link="cc0000" vlink="cc0000" text="#000000"> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br>   <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=480><tr valign=top> <td width=10><img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 hspace=4 border=0></td> <td width=470> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B><I><A HREF="../../ORMS.shtml" TARGET="_top">OR/MS Today</A> - August 2002</I></B></font><BR> <hr size="1"> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br> <font face="times new roman, times"> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B>New Books</B></FONT><br> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br>    <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>The Traveling Salesman Problem and Its Variations</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>Edited by Gregory Gutin, Abraham P. Punnen</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> This volume provides the state of the art in theory and algorithms for the traveling salesman problem (TSP). The book covers all important areas of study on TSP, including polyhedral theory for symmetric and asymmetric TSP, branch and bound, and branch and cut algorithms, probabilistic aspects of TSP, thorough computational analysis of heuristic and metaheuristic algorithms, theoretical analysis of approximation algorithms, including the emerging area of domination analysis of algorithms, discussion of TSP software and variations of TSP such as bottleneck TSP, generalized TSP, prize collecting TSP, maximizing TSP, orienteering problem, etc. <P><I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Theory and Practice of Uncertain Programming</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Baoding Liu</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> Real-life decisions are usually made in the state of uncertainty (randomness, fuzziness, roughness, etc.). How do we model optimization problems in uncertain environments? How do we solve these models? In order to answer these questions, this book provides a self-contained, comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of uncertain programming theory. It includes numerous modeling ideas, hybrid intelligent algorithms and various applications in transportation problem, inventory system, facility location and allocation, capital budgeting, topological optimization, vehicle routing problem, redundancy optimization and scheduling. <P><I>Published by Physica Verlag.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Quantitative Analysis for Management (8th Edition)</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Barry Render, Ralph M. Stair, Michael E. Hanna</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> This book provides students with the skills to apply the techniques of quantitative analysis in all kinds of organizational decision-making situations. The book discusses probability concepts and applications and decision theory models as well as forecasting. CD-ROM included. <P>The text provides students with the skills to apply the techniques of quantitative analysis in all kinds of organizational decision-making situations. Designed for optimum teaching flexibility, it covers every major topic in the quantitative analysis/management science field, showing how each technique works, discussing the assumptions and limitations of the models, and illustrating the real-world usefulness of each technique with many applications in both profit-making and nonprofit organizations. Dramatically revised, the Sixth Edition offers a completely new look and feel to make teaching more efficient and enhance students' learning experience. <P>This best-selling volume has long been considered one of the most user accessible books for management science. The new edition retains and updates the traditional, comprehensive coverage of past editions and adds spreadsheet-based problem solutions to most chapters. In addition, the book is now packaged with free software. <P><I>Published by Prentice Hall Business Publishing.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>The Mathematical Theory of Information</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Jan Kahre</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> "The Mathematical Theory of Information" presents a new mathematical theory of information, built on a single powerful postulate: the Law of Diminishing Information. The concept of information is here, for the first time, defined mathematically by adding this postulate to the axioms of the probability theory. The Law of Diminishing Information is founded on a fusion of two fundamental ideas: Carnap and Bar-Hillel's "Ideal Receiver" and Shannon's "Noisy Channel." <P>The Law of Diminishing Information is applied to information technology, game theory, legislation, logic of research, algorithmic information, chaos theory, control engineering, medical tests and biological evolution. In physics, both the Second Law of Thermodynamics and Schrodinger's wave function are derived from the Law of Diminishing Information. <P><I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Transportation Planning: <BR> State of the Art</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>Edited by Michael Patriksson, Martine Labbe</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> This book is a collection of selected presentations of the 6th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation, which took place at the Department on Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. It contains 14 chapters on recent advances in theory, computation and practice in a wide variety of areas in transportation research such as the reliability of transportation networks, parking management policies, fuzzy traffic signal control, the workings of a demand-responsive park and ride transport system, and an analysis of car ownership in different countries based on demographic data. <P><I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Traffic Theory</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Denos C. Gazis</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> The book describes and illustrates the key models of traffic flow and associated traffic phenomena such as conflicts in traffic, traffic generation and assignment and traffic control. The use of these various models are explored both in terms of how they have improved traffic systems over the years and how better implementation of these models can accelerate the successful deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Furthermore, the book outlines opportunities for development of additional models needed for continued improvement of ITS. <P><I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Applied Simulation Modeling</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Andrew Seila, Pandu Tadikamalla, Vlatko Ceric</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> "Applied Simulation Modeling" provides students with both a conceptual introduction to the concepts of simulation modeling as well as practical experience with real examples using the widely used commercial simulation packages ARENA and @Risk. The coverage includes risk simulation, dynamic systems and discrete event simulation models. Throughout the text, the authors show readers how they can use simulation in the context of decision-making. Practical examples from operations management, manufacturing, health care and finance are included throughout to give students an appreciation for the wide scope of application and the robust nature of simulation modeling. Includes special student editions of ARENA and @Risk. <P><I>Published by Duxbury Press.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Operational Logistics: The Art and Science of Sustaining Military Operations</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Moshe Kress</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> The book explores military logistics in terms of the theoretical foundations of operational logistics (OpLog) and its applications. The theoretical foundations are examined with regard to two dimensions. First, the artistic or qualitative aspects of contemporary logistics are looked at in the context of the operational level of war. These OpLog aspects include principles, imperatives and tenets, which are stated and analyzed. The second dimension relates to the scientific aspects of logistics. It is manifested by a formal network model that represents the structural and operational features of an OpLog system. Hence the book examines both artistic and scientific dimensions of military logistics and integrates the respective qualitative and quantitative aspects into a unified and definitive presentation of operational logistics. <P><I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Operations Research: An Introduction (6th Edition)</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Hamdy A. Taha</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> The sixth edition of "Operations Research: An Introduction" continues to provide readers with a balanced presentation of the theory, applications and computations of operations research. The book uses case studies, accompanying software and comprehensive exercises to explain the basics of operations research techniques. It includes much new material: Floyd's Shortest Route Algorithm, Goal Programming, Analytic Hierarchy Approach, Review of Probability, Probabilistic DP, Simulation Modeling, as well as updated versions of TORA software and the simulation language SIMNET II. <P>Major revision is designed to meet the needs of beginning through advanced students with an emphasis placed on the formulation and applications aspects. Provides balanced coverage of theory, applications and computations of operations research techniques. Numerical examples are the main vehicle for explaining new ideas with each numeric example followed by a set of problems. TORA and SIMNET software included in text. <P><I>Published by Prentice Hall.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Chapters in Game Theory</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>Edited by Peter Borm, Hans J.M. Peters</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> "Chapters in Game Theory" has been written on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Stef Tijs, who can be regarded as the godfather of game theory in The Netherlands. The book contains 14 chapters on a wide range of subjects. Some of these can be considered surveys while other chapters present new results; most contributions can be positioned somewhere in between these categories. The topics covered include: cooperative stochastic games; noncooperative stochastic games; sequencing games; games arising from linear (semi-) infinite programming problems; network formation, costs and potential games; potentials and consistency in transferable utility games; the nucleolus and equilibrium prices; population uncertainty and equilibrium selection; cost sharing; centrality in social networks; extreme points of the core; equilibrium sets of bimatrix games; game theory and the market; and transfer procedures for nontransferable utility games. <P><I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Multicriteria Analysis in Engineering</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>By Roman B. Statnikov, Joseph B. Matusov</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> Optimization methods have been considered in many articles, monographs and handbooks. However, experts continue to experience difficulties in correctly stating optimization problems in engineering. These troubles typically emerge when trying to define the set of feasible solutions, i.e. the constraints imposed on the design variables, functional relationships and criteria. The Parameter Space Investigation (PSI) method was developed specifically for the correct statement and solution of engineering optimization problems. It is implemented in the MOVI 1.0 software package, a tutorial version of which is included in this book. The PSI method and MOVI 1.0 software package have a wide range of applications. The PSI method can be successfully used for the statement and solution of the following multicriteria problems: design, identification, design with control, the optional development of prototypes, finite element models, and the decomposition and aggregation of large-scale systems. <P><I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Financial Engineering, E-commerce and Supply Chain</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size=2><B>Edited by Panos M. Pardalos, Vassilis Tsitsiringos</B></FONT><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> Fuelled by an explosive growth of computer and information technology, telecommunications, globalization and extraordinary theoretical advances, financial engineering, e-commerce and supply chain have become the core activities of today's economies. Financial engineering focuses upon the fundamental principles of corporate finance and investment science such as cash flow streams, arbitrage, risk aversion, pricing of firms and finance instruments, interest rate structure, fixed income instruments duration, bond portfolio immunization and the Markowitz mean-variance portfolio theory. <P>One of the fast growing elements of the Internet is electronic commerce, which refers to the use of electronic means to conduct business transactions within or across business entities. 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