The third edition of this well-organized and comprehensive text continues to provide an in-depth coverage of the theory and applications of operations research. It emphasizes the role of operations research not only as an effective decision-making tool, but also as an essential productivity improvement tool to deal with real-world management problems. In the growing field of analytics, this text serves to have thorough understanding of the Operations Models that form constituents of the model base, which is a component of Decision Support System. This edition includes new carefully designed numerical examples that help in understanding complex mathematical concepts better. The book is an easy read, explaining the basics of operations research and discussing various optimization techniques such as ? Overview of operations research ? Queuing theory ? Linear programming ? Project management ? Transportation problem ? Decision theory ? Assignment problem ? Game theory ? Network techniques ? Production scheduling ? Integer programming ? Goal programming ? Inventory control ? Parametric linear programming ? Dynamic programming ? Nonlinear programming