Probabilistic models in operations research /
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Nova Science Publishers,
2009
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Table of Contents:
- PROBABILISTIC MODELS INOPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBABILISTIC MODELS INOPERATIONS RESEARCH; Contents; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. GAME THEORY; ABSTRACT; 1. Generalities; 2. Pure strategies; 3. Mixed strategies; 4. Graphical method; 5. Brown's algorithm; 6. The linear programs induced by a two-person zero-sum game; 7. Computer tips; 1. LINDO.; 2. SAS-OR.; 3. EXCEL.; 4. MATHEMATICA.; 8. Prisoner's dilemma; 9. n-person games; Chapter 2. DECISION THEORY; ABSTRACT; 1. Generalities; 2. Oil-drilling example; 3. Decision without experimentation; 4. Decision with experimentation; 5. Risk function.
- 6. Computer tips1 FORTRAN.; 2. MATHEMATICA.; 7. Multiple-stage decision; A variant of the decision tree problem.; Chapter 3. SIMULATION; ABSTRACT; 1. Generalities; 2. Minitab; 3. Random numbers; 4. Sampling from discrete probability distributions; 5. Sampling from continuous probability distributions; 6. Monte Carlo method; Chapter 4. RELIABILITY; ABSTRACT; 1. Structure function; 2. Exact reliability; 3. Bounds for reliability; 4. Lifetime; Chapter 5. QUEUEING SYSTEMS; ABSTRACT; 1. Generalities; 2. Steady state condition; 3. M=M=1 with constant mean arrival rate and constant meanservice rate.
- 4. M=M=s with constant mean arrival rate and constant meanservice rate per busy server5. Waiting time; 6. Finite queue; 7. Finite input source; 8. Other queueing systems; 9. Number of arrivals during the time-interval [0; t]; 10. Computer tips; 11. Simulation; APPENDIX; The dual theorem; References; Index.
