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BERTSIMAS, DIMITRIS AND FREUND, ROBERT M. 2000, Data, Models, and Decisions: The Fundamentals of Management Science, South-Western College Publishing, Cincinnati, Ohio, 530 pp., $77.35.
Most authors in management science fall into the temptation of covering too many topics and covering each topic too deeply. These knowledgeable authors cannot resist the temptation of covering all topics, and thus in general, we find ourselves facing encyclopedic tomes in which linear programming is to be found alongside network analysis or forecasting. However, when the book is intended for novice students, it risks being and and unappealing.
The reader of Bertsimas and Freund's book will not find such a wide range of topics. The authors have developed an introductory manual, targeted...