Students with diverse backgrounds will face a multitude of decisions in a variety of engineering‎,‎ scientific‎,‎ industrial‎,‎ and financial settings‎.‎ They will need to know how to identify problems that the methods of operations research ‎(‎OR‎)‎ can solve‎,‎ how to structure the problems into standard mathematical models‎,‎ and finally how to apply or develop computational tools to solve the problems‎.‎ Perfect for any one‎-semester course in OR‎,‎ Operations Research‎:‎ A Practical Introduction answers all of these needs‎.‎ In addition to providing a practical introduction and guide to using OR techniques‎,‎ it includes a timely examination of innovative methods and practical issues related to the development and use of computer implementations‎.‎ It provides a sound introduction to the mathematical models relevant to OR and illustrates the effective use of OR techniques with examples drawn from industrial‎,‎ computing‎,‎ engineering‎,‎ and business applications Many students will take only one course in the techniques of Operations Research‎.‎ Operations Research‎:‎ A Practical Introduction offers them the greatest benefit from that course through a broad survey of the techniques and tools available for quantitative decision making‎.‎ It will also encourage other students to pursue more advanced studies and provides you a concise‎,‎ well‎-structured‎,‎ vehicle for delivering the best possible overview of the discipline‎.‎