Fundamentals of Network Analysis and Flow Optimization - Garcia-Diaz, Alberto

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Résumé :
Book Special Features ? This book presents a clear exposition of the fundamental theory, procedures, and applications of network analysis with emphasis on flow optimization. ? This book was written for two key audiences. It can serve as a textbook on theory and applications of network models for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students, especially Master's students and introductory level Ph.D. students in industrial engineering, business and operations research academic programs. The textbook is also intended to be used as a valuable resource for practitioners in these areas. ? The book offers a wide, well-balanced and comprehensive topical coverage that includes both the theoretical basis of network optimization and network analysis tools that are outside the boundaries of network flow optimization, a short introduction of Stochastic Network Flow using the Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)and several useful applications, network reliability, and project management methodologies. ? The license-free use of a Network Optimization Program (NOP) to solve all problems included in this book....

Biographie:
Dr. Alberto Garcia-Diaz is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee with an academic career that spans over 40 years. He earned PhD and MSc degrees in Industrial Engineering with emphasis on operations research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BSc degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia. He was on the faculty of Texas A&M University for 27 years and on the faculty of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) for almost 12 years. At UTK he served three years as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and two years as Interim Head of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department. Professor Garcia-Diaz has contributed to the field of operations research with publications in the area of transportation, with particular emphasis on optimization methodologies in pavement and bridge management systems, as well as game theory applications in highway cost allocation. His other areas of research and teaching include network analysis, statistical design of experiments and facilities planning and design. He is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers for professional leadership and outstanding contributions to industrial engineering. He is author or co-author of three books and numerous technical articles published in scholarly journals and professional conference proceedings....

Sommaire:
Dr. Alberto Garcia-Diaz is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee with an academic career that spans over 40 years. He earned PhD and MSc degrees in Industrial Engineering with emphasis on operations research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BSc degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia. He was on the faculty of Texas A&M University for 27 years and on the faculty of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) for almost 12 years. At UTK he served three years as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and two years as Interim Head of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department. Professor Garcia-Diaz has contributed to the field of operations research with publications in the area of transportation, with particular emphasis on optimization methodologies in pavement and bridge management systems, as well as game theory applications in highway cost allocation. His other areas of research and teaching include network analysis, statistical design of experiments and facilities planning and design. He is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers for professional leadership and outstanding contributions to industrial engineering. He is author or co-author of three books and numerous technical articles published in scholarly journals and professional conference proceedings....