References

References: (mostly on open reserve)

• Gass,
  Illustrated Guide to Linear Programming.
  A good first look at linear programming. Intuitive. Geometrical. Simple notation.
• Hillier & Liebermann,
  Operations Research
  A popular text. Quite thorough.
• Lawler,
  Combinatorial Optimization.
  Good ref. on combinatorial optimization
• Luenberger,
  Intro to Linear and Nonlinear Programming.
  Good on the linear algebraic theory to LP.
• Mital,
  Optimization Methods
  out-of-print. Good on convexity theory.
• Rubinstein,
  Patterns of Problem Solving.
  Not real closely related to OR. Good introductory Ch. on Dynamic Prog.
• Spivay & Thrall,
  Linear Optimization.
• Taha,
  Operations Research.
  A commonly used text.
• Wagner,
  Principles of Operations Research
  Many good models and modeling problems
• Winston,
  Operations Research
  Another popular text. Contains more on programming under uncertainty.