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This site supports the book Operations Research
Models and Methods,
by Paul A. Jensen and Jonathan F. Bard, published by
John Wiley and Sons in 2003. The book includes chapters
on the models and methods described on this site. Many
of the chapter exercises can be solved with the Excel
add-ins. To purchase the book or request faculty examination
copies visit the John
Wiley site. For more information on the
book see the Introduction,
Table of Contents and
Supplements.
The textbook comes with a student CD. The CD includes
a version of this site, Excel add-ins, Excel workbooks
with demonstrations and textbook examples. The CD also
provides student versions of popular commercial software.
- Premium Solver for Education from Frontline Systems,
Inc. is an Excel add-in that is more powerful than
the Solver included with Excel.
- MPL Modeling System from Maximal Software, Inc.
is an algebraic modeling system for mathematical programming
with the optimization solvers CPLEX from ILOG, Inc,
and CONOPT from ARKI Consulting.
- A limited (LT) version of Extend+Manufacturing from
Imagine That, Inc. is a discrete event and continuous
simulation package for modeling dynamic systems.
A Teacher's Resources CD is available from the publisher
for teachers using the textbook. Materials are organized
under the headings: models, methods and problems. The
models and methods sections interactively link to Power
Point presentations, student handouts, instructional
transparencies, Flash demonstrations and Excel workbooks.
The problems section includes answers to the text exercises
as well as answers to the interactive problems on the
Student CD. Most solutions are stored in Excel workbooks.
Original Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel documents
are included on the CD as well as the latest versions
of the Excel add-ins.
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Excerpts from a book review in IIE Trans. Operations
Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 9, 2003.
Reviewed by David Goldsman, School of Industrial and Systems
Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
"Every once in a while, a clever text comes along
that breathes a nice dose of fresh air into the mature
field of Operations Research (OR). The Jensen and Bard
book is one such welcome example." ... "The
web site is impressive, both for its content and ease
of navigation." ... "I feel that the book is
extremely well written, interesting, and unique among
OR texts; it certainly approaches the topic areas from
a new perspective. This is an excellent text that I believe
professors and students will enjoy and gain a lot from
its use."
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Excerpts from a book review in Interfaces,
Vol. 34, No. 3, May-June 2004. Reviewed
by John W. Fowler
Department of Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona
"I think this book is extremely well done and the
supplementary materials do a great job of complementing
(not repeating) the physical text. Having taught undergraduate
and €rst-year graduate industrial-engineering students
as well as MBA students, I think this book and the supplementary
materials will meet the needs of the intended audiences.
I very much applaud Jensen and Bard for keeping the physical
book to a reasonable size; I think students are more likely
to bring it to class. The authors also made good choices
on what to include in the text and what to include on
the CD. ... Finally, the separation of models and methods
makes the book versatile and makes it a great reference
text because one often needs help in formulating a problem
or in solving it but does not want to have to sift through
material that mixes the two."
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Operations Research Models and Methods won a
runner-up award in the 2004
Robert W. Hamilton Book Award competition at the University
of Texas. Sixty books were nominated from throughout the
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