Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. Contains simple but illustrative examples and good explanations. Good for those new to the topic. Contains a little of everything. The first couple of chapters are easy to read and understand and provide a good background.
Later chapters become much more challenging.
While the mathematics is of a high level, the developed models offer powerful applications, as revealed by the large number of examples presented. The material ranges form basic linear programming to algorithmic solutions of sophisticated systems problems and applications in water resources and power systems, shipbuilding, inventory control, etc. Students and researchers who need to solve practical and theoretical problems in operations research, mathematics, statistics, engineering, economics, insurance, finance, biology and environmental protection. Comprehensive and covers a wide range of topics. Contains introductory chapter and 30 papers from the first international conference on Stochastic Programming.