Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets (eBook)

Kenneth R. Baker (Autor)

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2015 | 3. Auflage
400 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-118-93773-0 (ISBN)

Infos

An accessible introduction to optimization analysis using spreadsheets Updated and revised, Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets, Third Edition emphasizes model building skills in optimization analysis. By emphasizing both spreadsheet modeling and optimization tools in the freely available Microsoft Office Excel Solver, the book illustrates how to find solutions to real-world optimization problems without needing additional specialized software. The Third Edition includes many practical applications of optimization models as well as a systematic framework that illuminates the common structures found in many successful models. With focused coverage on linear programming, nonlinear programming, integer programming, and heuristic programming, Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets, Third Edition features: An emphasis on model building using Excel Solver as well as appendices with additional instructions on more advanced packages such as Analytic Solver Platform and OpenSolver Additional space devoted to formulation principles and model building as opposed to algorithms New end-of-chapter homework exercises specifically for novice model builders Presentation of the Sensitivity Toolkit for sensitivity analysis with Excel Solver Classification of problem types to help readers see the broader possibilities for application Specific chapters devoted to network models and data envelopment analysis A companion website with interactive spreadsheets and supplementary homework exercises for additional practice Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets, Third Edition is an excellent textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses that include deterministic models, optimization, spreadsheet modeling, quantitative methods, engineering management, engineering modeling, operations research, and management science. The book is an ideal reference for readers wishing to advance their knowledge of Excel and modeling and is also a useful guide for MBA students and modeling practitioners in business and non-profit sectors interested in spreadsheet optimization.

Autor

Kenneth R. Baker, PhD, is Nathaniel Leverone Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business and Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College. A Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Dr. Baker has published extensively in his areas of research interest, which include mathematical modeling, spreadsheet engineering, and scheduling. He is also coauthor of Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling and Management Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets, Fourth Edition, both published by Wiley.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction to Spreadsheet Models for Optimization

1.1 Elements of a Model

1.2 Spreadsheet Models

1.3 A Hierarchy for Analysis

1.4 Optimization Software

1.5 Using Solver

Chapter 2 Linear Programming: Allocation, Covering and Blending Models

2.1 Linear Models

2.2 Allocation Models

2.3 Covering Models

2.4 Blending Models

2.5 Modeling Errors in Linear Programming

Chapter 3 Linear Programming: Network Models

3.1 The Transportation Model

3.2 The Assignment Model

3.3 The Transshipment Model

3.4 Features of Special Network Models

3.5 Building Network Models with Balance Equations

3.6 General Network Models with Yields

3.7 General Network Models with Transformed Flows

Chapter 4 Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Programs

4.1 Parameter Analysis in the Transportation Example

4.2 Parameter Analysis in the Allocation Example

4.3 The Sensitivity Report and the Transportation Example

4.4 The Sensitivity Report and the Allocation Example

4.5 Degeneracy and Alternative Optima

4.6 Patterns in Linear Programming Solutions

Chapter 5 Linear Programming: Data Envelopment Analysis

5.1 A Graphical Perspective on DEA

5.2 An Algebraic Perspective on DEA

5.3 A Spreadsheet Model for DEA

5.4 Indexing

5.5 Finding Reference Sets and HCUs

5.6 Assumptions and Limitations of DEA

Chapter 6 Integer Programming: Binary Choice Models

6.1 Using Solver with Integer Requirements

6.2 The Capital Budgeting Problem

6.3 Set Covering

6.4 Set Packing

6.5 Set Partitioning

6.6 Playoff Scheduling

6.7 The Algorithm for Solving Integer Programs

Chapter 7 Integer Programming: Logical Constraints

7.1 Simple Logical Constraints: Contingency and Exclusivity

7.2 Linking Constraints: The Fixed Cost Problem

7.3 Linking Constraints: The Threshold Level Problem

7.4 Linking Constraints: The Facility Location Model

7.5 Disjunctive Constraints: The Machine Sequencing Problem

7.6 Tour and Subset Constraints: The Traveling Salesperson Problem

Chapter 8 Nonlinear Programming

8.1 One-Variable Models

8.2 Local Optima and the Search for an Optimum

8.3 Two-Variable Models

8.4 Nonlinear Models with Constraints

8.5 Linearizations

Chapter 9 Heuristic Solutions with the Evolutionary Solver

9.1 Features of the Evolutionary Solver

9.2 An Illustrative Example: Nonlinear Regression

9.3 The Machine-Sequencing Problem Revisited

9.4 The Traveling Salesperson Problem Revisited

9.5 Budget Allocation

9.6 Two-Dimensional Location

9.7 Line Balancing

9.8 Group Assignment

Appendices

1. Supplemental Files and Software

2. Graphical Methods for Linear Programming

3. The Simplex Method

4. Using Analytic Solver Platform for Education (Online)

5. Using OpenSolver (Online)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Betriebswirtschaft u. Operationsforschung • Business & Management • Electrical & Electronics Engineering • Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik • Industrial Engineering • Industrial Engineering / Project Management • Industrielle Verfahrenstechnik • Management Science/Operational Research • Program & Project Management • Programm- u. Projektmanagement • Projektmanagement i. d. Industriellen Verfahrenstechnik • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-93773-2 / 1118937732
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-93773-0 / 9781118937730