tijms@econ.vu.nl (prof. dr. H.C. Tijms/20000) (12/13/90)
Exploring Operations Research and Statistics In the Micro Lab by Erwin Kalvelagen and Henk Tijms Published by Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1990 price in USA $32.00 (in Europe, International Student Edition, ISBN 013-296-5674, $30.95) This lively book uses the interactive and graphics capabilities of the micro for promoting applied mathematics and showing how useful it can be to solve real-life problems. The book and software concentrate on basic concepts and problems from operations research and statistics. Unique computer graphics enable you to do the laboratory experiment like in the physical sciences. The software contains the ten modules, Linear Programming, Shortest Path Problem, Law of Large Numbers, Central Limit Theorem, Kelly Betting, How to Gamble if You Must, Q-Q Plot, Statistical Tables and Graphs, Integer Programming, and Traveling Salesman Problem. See also ACM Computing Reviews, December 1990.