Computer-Assisted Analysis System for Mathematical Programming Models and Solutions

• 1 Overview, Installation, and Help.- 1.1 What you have and how to begin.- 1.2 Modular design.- 1.3 Quick install for DOS environment.- 1.4 Some interactive language conventions.- 1.5 On-line documentation.- 2 Anatomy of a Linear Program.- 2.1 Algebraic form.- 2.2 Model Syntax.- 2.3 Conditional delineation of rows and columns.- 3 Simple Queries.- 3.1 The sign-on and interactive conventions.- 3.2 Basic query commands.- 3.3 Syntax-based explanations.- 3.4 Schema view.- 4 Examples of Analysis.- 4.1 Price interpretation for the LP expert.- 4.2 Automatic interpretation.- 4.3 A case of infeasibility.- 4.4 A case of unboundedness.- 5 Further Examples.- 5.1 Blocking.- 5.2 Rates of substitution.- 5.3 Using the basis.- 5.4 The REDUCE command.- 5.5 The AGGREGAT command.- 6 File Interfaces.- 6.1 Environment controls.- 6.2 Dictionaries, documents, help and keyword files.- 6.3 Execution files.- 6.4 Matrix and packed files.- 6.5 Solution files.- 6.6 Syntax files.- 6.7 Rule files.- 6.8 Submatrix, block, schema and graph files.- 6.9 Setting up an environment for analysis.- 7 Advanced Exercises.- 7.1 A forestry model.- 7.2 A REDUCE anomaly.- 7.3 Assisting model management.- 8 Utilities.- 8.1 HPAGER.- 8.2 LPRENAME.- 8.3 FORTREF.- 9 Algorithms and Heuristics.- 9.1 Discourse formation.- 9.2 Path tracing.- 9.3 Basis rearrangement.- 9.4 Rates of substitution.- 9.5 Redundancy test.- 9.6 Successive bound reduction.- 9.7 Logical implication tests.- 10 More Views.- 10.1 Block plots.- 10.2 Step plots.- 10.3 Table formations and displays.- 10.4 Graphs of linear programs.- 10.5 Schema equations.- 11 Rulebase Development.- 11.1 Basic concepts and tools.- 11.2 Rule file commands.- 11.3 Simple examples.- 11.4 Price interpretation.- 11.5 Testing new rule files.- 12 Using the Modules.- 12.1 Setup for an alternative computing environment.- 12.2 FLIP.- 12.3 GETMAT.- 12.4 VIEWS.- Appendix A: Error Messages.- Appendix B: The ANALYZE Library.

' ... The style is clear, lively, and holds the reader's attention. ... the book presents interesting material regarding the formulation of linear programming problems and their solutions. Consequently, I highly recommend this book. It will be a valuable source for academics and practitionerrs in the domain of mathematical programming. ' Journal of Global Optimization, 7, 1995