Operations research consistently delivers significant value to organizations and executives who use it. Complex modeling and developing a decision support system to generate optimal solutions for responding to emergencies calls for expertise in operations research. This book features the latest developments in operations research, such as linear programming, simulation, CPM and PERT, etc. It tackles the broad range of allocation problems that confront engineers, programmers and analysts in today’s business and industrial worlds. The text includes clear and comprehensive coverage of fundamentals. Students studying the subject at the graduate/postgraduate level or other courses at Indian universities and institutes of management and commerce will find the contents of this book suitable for their requirements. In addition, the book will help the time-starved executive to make bolder decisions with less risk and better outcomes.