Introduces the latest theory and applications in optimization, emphasizing constrained optimization. You’ll find a host of practical business applications and non-business applications. The book offers free C programs to implement the major algorithms covered.
From the reviews of the third edition:
"Robert Vanderbei’s textbook on linear programming, now in its third edition, builds on many of the approaches used by Chvátal and includes up-to-date coverage of a number of topics, including interior point methods, that have become important in the 25 years since the publication of Chvátal’s book. Vanderbei’s book is divided into four parts. ... suitable for use in a first course in linear programming covering the simplex method at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level." (Brian Borchers, MathDL, May, 2008)