Mokhtar S. BAZARAA, PhD, is a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. HANIF D. SHERALI, PhD, is a W. Thomas Rice Chaired Professor of Engineering in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. C. M. SHETTY, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Professors Bazaraa and Sherali are also coauthors of the complementary bestselling book, Linear Programming and Network Flows, Third Edition, also published by Wiley.
The promotional message on the back cover proclaims 'this book is a solid reference for professionals and a useful text for students... ; and I fully agree. ( Technometrics , February 2007) Noted and recommended for its logical format and sharp editing that never wavers in its focus. ( Electric Review , September/October 2006). ..highly recommended for a course in the theory of nonlinear programming... ( MAA Reviews , July 17, 2006) '... 'the Bazaraa' is a must if you are interested in optimization...' ( Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2007)