Introduction to Operations Research

When Jerry Lieberman and I started working on the first edition of this book 50 years ago, our goal was to develop a pathbreaking textbook that would help establish the future direction of education in what was then the emerging field of operations research. Following publication, it was unclear how well this particular goal was met, but what did become clear was that the demand for the book was far larger than either of us had an- ticipated. Neither of us could have imagined that this extensive worldwide demand would continue at such a high level for such an extended period of time