Version 3.8.8.2 of Decision Modelling is available for free pdf download from: https://linney.mun.ca/pages/view.php?ref=36808. The biggest change since Version 3.8.8.1 is a new Appendix A.2 (the old A.2 is now A.3) which describes optimization using the open-source LibreOffice Calc. There have also been some changes to Section 2.7, which describes optimization using the Excel solver. There are no changes to the end-of-chapter questions.
This book covers the modelling 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 Appendix A.)
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, 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. Due to their size, these files will sent as attachments to two email replies.
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