Chapter1 Overview Installation and Help. - 1. 1 What you have and how to begin. - 1. 2 Quick installation for DOS environment. - 1. 3 Alternative environments. - 1. 4 Some interactive language conventions. - 1. 5 On-line documentation. - Chapter2 Anatomy of a Linear Program. - 2. 1 Algebraic form. - 2. 2 Model syntax. - 2. 3 Objects and relations. - Chapter3 Preliminaries. - 3. 1 The sign-on and basic interactive conventions. - 3. 2 Elementary models and query. - 3. 3 Randomization by command. - Chapter4 Models and Instances. - 4. 1 Some precepts. - 4. 2 More examples. - 4. 3 Data objects. - 4. 4 Randomization options. - Chapter5 Special Structures. - 5. 1 Binary variables and logical constraints. - 5. 2 Dynamic models. - 5. 3 Approximation of nonlinear functions. - 5. 4 Elastic programming. - Chapter6 The SUM Expression. - 6. 1 Simple examples. - 6. 2 Index conditions. - 6. 3 Data conditions. - Chapter7 Dependencies. - 7. 1 Set maps. - 7. 2 Implicit sets. - 7. 3 Implicit tables. - 7. 4 The SHOW command. - Chapter8 File Interfaces. - 8. 1 Environment controls. - 8. 2 Dictionaries documents help and keyword files. - 8. 3 Execution files. - 8. 4 Model files. - 8. 5 Data files. - 8. 6 Matrix and packed files. - 8. 7 Schema and syntax files. - 8. 8 Explain files. - Chapter9 More Model Description. - 9. 1 Term expressions. - 9. 2 A blending model. - 9. 3 The REPORT execution file. - 9. 4 Attribute inheritance. - 9. 5 Equation conditions. - 9. 6 Use of set maps. - Chapter10 Model Management. - 10. 1 Overview. - 10. 2 A case study. - 10. 3 Using directories to aid model formulation. Language: English