Interactive Operations Research with Maple: Methods and Models has two ob jectives: to provide
an accelerated introduction to the computer algebra system Maple and more importantly to
demonstrate Maple's usefulness in modeling and solving a wide range of operations research (OR)
problems. This book is written in a format that makes it suitable for a one-semester course in
operations research management science or quantitative methods. A nwnber of students in the
departments of operations research management science oper ations management industrial and
systems engineering applied mathematics and advanced MBA students who are specializing in
quantitative methods or opera tions management will find this text useful. Experienced
researchers and practi tioners of operations research who wish to acquire a quick overview of
how Maple can be useful in solving OR problems will find this an excellent reference. Maple's
mathematical knowledge base now includes calculus linear algebra ordinary and partial
differential equations nwnber theory logic graph theory combinatorics statistics and
transform methods. Although Maple's main strength lies in its ability to perform symbolic
manipulations it also has a substantial knowledge of a large nwnber of nwnerical methods and
can plot many different types of attractive-looking two-dimensional and three-dimensional
graphs. After almost two decades of continuous improvement of its mathematical capabilities
Maple can now boast a user base of more than 300 000 academics researchers and students in
different areas of mathematics science and engineering.
