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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 go to the John
Wiley Main site or the John
Wiley Higher Education site.
For more information on the book see the Introduction,
Table of Contents and
Supplements.
The
original publication of the book included a CD with
a variety of resources for the students. All these
resources are currently on this ORMM site as listed
in the Student Resources section.
The materials have been considerably updated and expanded
since the original publication. An Instructor
Resources section
describes several academic courses that
use the contents of the book and the Excel add-ins available
from this site. Powerpoint presentations are provided.
Answers to the book exercises are available from the
publisher.
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Reviews and Honors |
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 First-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
University community. |
Paul Jensen was awarded the 2007 INFORMS
Prize for the Teaching of ORMS Practice. The award is
partially based on the book and this website. |
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