Further information: Techniques in Operations Research (MAST30013)

Further information

Texts
Prescribed texts
None
Recommended texts and other resources
H. A. Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction, McMillan, 5th Ed,1992.

W. L. Winston, Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, PWS-Kent, 1987.

R. Fletcher, Practical Methods of Optimization, 2nd Ed, John Wiley & Sons, NY, 1987.

J. Nocedal and S. J. Wright, Numerical Optimisation, Springer Series in Operations Research, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1999.
Subject notes
This subject is available for science credit to students enrolled in the BSc (both pre-2008 and new degrees), BASc or a combined BSc course.

Related Handbook entries

This subject contributes to the following:

Type	Name
Informal specialisation	Discrete Mathematics / Operations Research
Informal specialisation	Science Discipline subjects - new generation B-SCI
Informal specialisation	Operations Research / Discrete Mathematics specialisation
Informal specialisation	Discrete Mathematics / Operations Research

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Last updated: 20 March 2025