"The book covers the standard models and techniques used in decision making in organizations. The main emphasis of the book is on modeling business-related scenarios and the generation of decision alternatives. Fully solved examples from many areas are used to illustrate the main concepts...

1. Introduction -- 2. Linear Programming -- 3. Multiobjective Programming -- 4. Nonlinear Programming -- 5. Integer Linear Programming -- 6. Network Models -- 7. Location Models -- 8. Project Networks -- 9. Machine Scheduling -- 10. Decision Analysis -- 11. Multiattribute Decision Making -- 12....

The paper introduces the subject of terrorism and counterterrorism by means of a two-person bimatrix game that provides some insight into the behavior of the two players. We then examine three important areas in counterterrorism tasks: the detection of terrorist cells and how to render them...