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  • 1.  Version 3.8.0 of Decision Modeling

    Posted 05-07-2025 08:36

    Version 3.8.0 of Decision Modeling is available for free pdf download from: https://linney.mun.ca/pages/view.php?ref=36808. Some end-of-chapter problems have been added to Version 3.7.0. Two of these problems are quite challenging, and they have been identified as such.

    This book covers the modeling of linear and integer programming, sensitivity analysis, goal and non-linear programming, and decision analysis. Problem solutions are obtained using both LINGO and the Excel Solver. The use of LINGO is in scalar mode, which avoids the use of sets, thereby making things easier for the intended audience of business students doing a survey course on optimization. (LINGO in sets mode is discussed in an appendix.)

    Even if you are teaching an OR course which overlaps only part of the coverage of this pdf, you might wish to include it in a reading list. It is and will always remain a free resource.

    The solutions to the end-of-chapter problems have been expanded for Chapters 2, 3, and 6. The solutions, made as eleven pdf files (nine chapters plus teaching notes for two cases) totalling 384 pages, can be requested by professors using their official email addresses by contacting me at dtulett@mun.ca.

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    David M. Tulett, PhD
    Retired from the
    Faculty of Business Administration
    Memorial University
    St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5
    dtulett@mun.ca
    “... read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest ...”

    We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.


  • 2.  RE: Version 3.8.0 of Decision Modeling

    Posted 13 days ago


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    David M. Tulett, PhD
    Retired from the
    Faculty of Business Administration
    Memorial University
    St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5
    dtulett@mun.ca
    “... read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest ...”

    We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.


    On 2025-05-07 10:05, David Tulett wrote:

    Version 3.8.0 of Decision Modeling is available for free pdf download from: https://linney.mun.ca/pages/view.php?ref=36808. Some end-of-chapter problems have been added to Version 3.7.0. Two of these problems are quite challenging, and they have been identified as such.

    This book covers the modeling of linear and integer programming, sensitivity analysis, goal and non-linear programming, and decision analysis. Problem solutions are obtained using both LINGO and the Excel Solver. The use of LINGO is in scalar mode, which avoids the use of sets, thereby making things easier for the intended audience of business students doing a survey course on optimization. (LINGO in sets mode is discussed in an appendix.)

    Even if you are teaching an OR course which overlaps only part of the coverage of this pdf, you might wish to include it in a reading list. It is and will always remain a free resource.

    The solutions to the end-of-chapter problems have been expanded for Chapters 2, 3, and 6. The solutions, made as eleven pdf files (nine chapters plus teaching notes for two cases) totalling 384 pages, can be requested by professors using their official email addresses by contacting me at dtulett@mun.ca.

    --
    David M. Tulett, PhD
    Retired from the
    Faculty of Business Administration
    Memorial University
    St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5
    dtulett@mun.ca
    “... read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest ...”

    We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.





  • 3.  RE: Version 3.8.0 of Decision Modeling

    Posted 12 days ago

    Sorry, I must have inadvertently re-posted a message from a month ago. The Decision Modeling book is currently in Version 3.8.3, and can be downloaded for free from https://linney.mun.ca/pages/view.php?ref=36808.

    Happy July 4th to everyone in the USA!



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    David Tulett
    Retired
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John's
    Canada
    dtulett@mun.ca
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  • 4.  RE: Version 3.8.0 of Decision Modeling

    Posted 12 days ago
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    Dear Prof. Tulett,

    I noticed a lot of overlap of your book's content (linear, integer and network optimization) with the material in chapters 5 and 6 of the book "Healthcare Management Engineering in Action. Applying Fundamental Management Principles for Operational Decision Making in Healthcare", Springer, 2024. 

    Healthcare Management Engineering In Action: Applying Fundamental Management Principles for Operational Decision Making in Healthcare | SpringerLink

    The Preface and Content are attached.

    Thank you for your attention and for your excellent book.



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    Alexander Kolker
    ge healthcare
    MILWAUKEE WI
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