Introduction to Operations Research and Modeling

Introduction to operations research covering course introduction, genesis of OR (WWII origins, post-war growth), features of OR (scientific method/research, search for optimality, algorithmic, cross-functional, broad applicability), steps in OR implementation, important problem features (decision variables, parameters, objective function types, constraints, relevant data), formulation of mathematical model, solving and testing model, application, prerequisites (elementary row operations, Gaussian reduction), characteristics of OR, examples.