Didactically effective and efficient standard work in its 9th edition: This book originated from lectures introducing Operations Research (OR) for students of business administration, economics, industrial engineering, business informatics, and business mathematics. It stands out in conveying the fundamentals of OR through a successful didactic presentation of the material and is also suitable for self-study. The authors describe procedures algorithmically and illustrate them with meaningful examples. The text covers linear, integer, and combinatorial optimization, dynamic and nonlinear optimization, graph and queue theory, network planning techniques, and simulation. The concluding chapter presents the solution of OR problems using spreadsheet software. To deepen and apply the methods presented, there are...