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Book Reviews

—Ackoff, Russell L. and Maurice W. Sasieni, Fundamentals of Operations Research. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967,455 pp., $10.50;

—Hillier, Frederick S. and Gerald J. Lieberman, Introduction to Operations Research. San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1967, 639 pp., $12.50;

—Haley, K. B., Mathematical Programming for Business and Industry. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1967, 156 pp., $7;

—Zukhovitskiy, S. I. and L. I. Avdeyeva, Linear and Convex Programming. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1966, 286 pp., $8;

—Di Roccaferrera, Giuseppe M. Ferrero, Introduction to Linear Programming Processes. Cincinnati: South-Western Publishing Co., 1967, 711 pp., $13;

—Jacobs, 0. L. R., An Introduction to Dynamic Programming, The Theory of Multistage Decision Processes. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd.; U. S. distributor, Barnes & Noble, 1967, 126 pp., $5.50;

—Kaufmann, Arnold, Graphs, Dynamic Programming, and Finite Games. New York: Academic Press Inc., 1967, 484 pp., $14.50;

—Thompson, W. W., Jr., Operations Research Techniques. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Books, Inc., 1967, 157 pp., $2.25 (paperback);

—Duffin, Richard J., Elmor L. Peterson, and Clarence M. Zener, Geometric Programming. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967, 278 pp., $12.50;

—Danskin, John M., The Theory of Max-Min. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1967, 126 pp., $8;

—Morse, Phillip M. (ed.), assisted by Laura W. Bacon, Operations Research for Public Systems. Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press, 1967, 212 pp., $.5 (paperback);

—Pierce, John F. (ed.). Operations Research and the Design of Management Information Systems. New York: Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 1967, 435 pp., $17;

—Lawrence, J. R. (ed.). Operational Research & the Social Sciences. London: Tavistock Publications; U. S. distributor, Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1967, 669 pp., $21;

—Mize, Joe H. and J. Grady Cox, Essentials of Simulation. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968, 234 pp., $9;

—Martin, Francis F., Computer Modeling and Simulation. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1968, 331 pp., $12.95;

—Amstutz, Arnold E., Computer Simulation of Competitive Market Response. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1967, 457 pp., $17.95;

Proceedings on Simulation in Business and Public Health; First Annual Conference of American Statistical Association (New York Area Chapter) and Public Health Association of New York City, 1967, 220 pp;

—McKenney, James L., Simulation Gaming for Management Development. Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1967, 189 pp., $4 (paperback);

—Hollingdale, S. H. (ed.). Digital Simulation in Operational Research. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., 1967, 392 pp., $14.50;

—Sackman, Harold, Computers, System Science, and Evolving Society. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967, 638 pp., $14.50;

—Crosson, Frederick J. and Kenneth M. Sayre (eds.). Philosophy and Cybernetics. Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1967, 271 pp., $6.95;

—Zwicky, F. and A. G. Wilson (eds.), New Methods of Thought and Procedure. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1967, 338 pp., $9.50;

—Dickson, HaRald, Variable, Function, Derivative. New York: Humanities Press, 1967, 178 pp., $8.75;

—Fiering, Myron B., Streamflow Synthesis. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967, 139 pp., $6;

—Abramowitz, Irving, Production Management: Concepts and Analysis for Operation and Control. New York: The Ronald Press, 1967, 362 pp., $8;

—Prasad, S. Benjamin (ed.), Modern Industrial Management. San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Co., 1967, 460 pp., $3.95 (paperback);

—Yaglom, A. M. and I. M. Yaglom, Challenging Mathematical Problems With Elementary Solutions, Volume II. San Franoisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1967, 214 pp., $4.50 (paperback), and $6.50 (cloth).

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