presents the underlying theory without always focusing on formal mathematical proofs (which can be found in cited references …. "This book is a real gem. The authors do a masterful job of rigorously presenting all of the relevant theory clearly and … modeling, algorithmic theory, computation, implementation, illuminating historical facts, and numerous interesting examples and …

algorithms and many of its important special applications. Part II, which is independent of Part I, covers the theory of …

Equilibrium models and applications -- Theory for equilibria -- Algorithms for equilibria -- Quasi …

Introduction -- Elements of Nonlinear Programming -- Elements of Graph Theory -- Programs with Network Structure … in concert with finite-dimensional variational inequality theory. The principle modeling perspectives are network … optimization, the theory of Nash games, and mathematical programming with equilibrium constraints. Computational methods and novel …

1. Introduction -- 2. Closed Queueing Networks -- 3. Literature Review -- 4. Decomposition Approach -- 5. Markov … performance of closed queueing networks are presented. One is an approximate decomposition approach, while the second is the first …

IV: Decision Theory and Multiple Criteria Decision Making -- Part V: Discrete and Integer Optimization -- Part VI: Energy … and Environment -- Part VII: Finance -- Part VIII: Game Theory and Experimental Economics -- Part IX: Graphs and Networks …

introduction to the necessary theory making it suitable for upper undergraduate students …