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Introduction to the theory of operational research
So&-Ecnn.
Plan. Sci. Vol.
I, p. 97 (1967).
Pergamon
Press Ltd.
Printed
in Great
Britain
BOOK REVIEWS B. VAN DER VEEN: Introduction to the Theory of Operational Research. Vienna, 1966. 203 pp. $9.20.
Springer-Verlag,
VAN DER VEEN has written a succinct introduction into some of the more commonly used techniques of operations research. The book presumes the reader has a background in mathematical analysis. Among the topics covered are queueing problems, inventory theory, dynamic and linear programming, game theory, network and decision theory. The book may be recommended to those who want to quickly acquaint themselves with the elements of operations research and for short courses on that subject.
City and Regional Planning in Poland: 1966. 491 pp. $15.00.
Edited by JACK C. FISHER, Cornell
University
Press,
THE BOOK, City and Regional Planning, provides a unique and valuable collection of Fisher and his Polish collaborator, papers by twenty three eminent Polish planners. W. Morawski, have divided the contents into three-City Planning, Regional Planning and National Economic Planning sections, each prefaced by a short introductory statement. The book begins with a survey of the history of urban development and planning by W. Ostrowski and continues with contributors on urban planning theory, development of the General Plan of Warsaw, planning in the industrial Silesia-Krakow district and the Gdank-Gdynia Area. Contributions on postwar housing, architecture and the sociological implications conclude the first section. The section on regional planning consists of such representative papers as studies on the Polish economic and social structure, the theory of regional planning, rural planning and water planning. Concluding chapters discuss such broad topics as economic planning, efficiency of investment and long term plans for Polish expansion. All the contributions are qualitative in approach with only passing references to the uses of analytical and computer techniques. Though containing a good deal of material of interest, many chapters are somewhat overwritten and could have been condensed without much loss of content. As might be expected a Marxist socialistic slant is evident at several points, particularly in the last chapter.
97
Plan. Sci. Vol.
I, p. 97 (1967).
Pergamon
Press Ltd.
Printed
in Great
Britain
BOOK REVIEWS B. VAN DER VEEN: Introduction to the Theory of Operational Research. Vienna, 1966. 203 pp. $9.20.
Springer-Verlag,
VAN DER VEEN has written a succinct introduction into some of the more commonly used techniques of operations research. The book presumes the reader has a background in mathematical analysis. Among the topics covered are queueing problems, inventory theory, dynamic and linear programming, game theory, network and decision theory. The book may be recommended to those who want to quickly acquaint themselves with the elements of operations research and for short courses on that subject.
City and Regional Planning in Poland: 1966. 491 pp. $15.00.
Edited by JACK C. FISHER, Cornell
University
Press,
THE BOOK, City and Regional Planning, provides a unique and valuable collection of Fisher and his Polish collaborator, papers by twenty three eminent Polish planners. W. Morawski, have divided the contents into three-City Planning, Regional Planning and National Economic Planning sections, each prefaced by a short introductory statement. The book begins with a survey of the history of urban development and planning by W. Ostrowski and continues with contributors on urban planning theory, development of the General Plan of Warsaw, planning in the industrial Silesia-Krakow district and the Gdank-Gdynia Area. Contributions on postwar housing, architecture and the sociological implications conclude the first section. The section on regional planning consists of such representative papers as studies on the Polish economic and social structure, the theory of regional planning, rural planning and water planning. Concluding chapters discuss such broad topics as economic planning, efficiency of investment and long term plans for Polish expansion. All the contributions are qualitative in approach with only passing references to the uses of analytical and computer techniques. Though containing a good deal of material of interest, many chapters are somewhat overwritten and could have been condensed without much loss of content. As might be expected a Marxist socialistic slant is evident at several points, particularly in the last chapter.
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