The Analyst's Bookshelf

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Book Reviews —C. Berge and A. Ghouila-Houri, Programmes, Jeux et Reseaux de Transport , Dunod, Paris, France, 1962, 254 pages, 48 NF—reviewed by Rufus Isaacs; —Fred Hanssmann, Operations Research in Production and Inventory Control , John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1962, 254 pages, $8.95—reviewed by George G. O'Brien; —Wilhelm Krelle, Gelöste und ungelöste Probleme der Unternehmensforschung , and Horst Albach, Produktionsplanung auf der Grundlage technischer Verbrauchsfunktionen , Westdeutscher Verlag, Köln and Opladen, West Germany, 1962, 109 pages, DM 12—reviewed by Fred Hanssmann; —Tillo E. Kuhn, Public Enterprise Economics and Transport Problems , University of California Press, Berkeley 4, Calif., 1962, 243 pages, $5.00—reviewed by Joseph F. McCloskey; —Thomas L. Saaty, Elements of Queueing Theory With Applications , McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, N. Y., 1961, 423 pages, $11.50; John Riordan, Stochastic Service Systems , John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, N. Y., 1962, 139 pages, $6.75; Lajos Takács, Introduction to the Theory of Queues , Oxford University Press, New York, N. Y., 1962, 268 pages, $7.50; and A. T. Bharucha-Reid, Elements of the Theory of Markov Processes and Their Applications , McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, N. Y., 1960, 468 pages, $11.50—reviewed by John B. Lathrop; —M. Starr and D. Miller, Inventory Control: Theory and Practice , Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1962, 354 pages, $10.00; and H. Wagner, Statistical Management of Inventory Systems (Publications in Operations Research No. 6), John Wiley and Sons, New York, N. Y., 1962, 235 pages, $8.95—reviewed by Richard K. Davis. Books Received (to be reviewed) Other Books Received Comments Periodicals Theses — The Economics of Conjunctive Use of Ground and Surface Water , Oscar R. Burt, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1962; — Tandem Queues With Dynamic Priorities , Andrew A. Grindlay, Ph.D., University of California, 1962, 147 pages; — A Fixed-Charge Network-Flow Problem in the Telephone Industry , William W. Hardgrave, D.Eng., The Johns Hopkins University, 1962; — An Operations Research Study of the Potential Accident Experience and Total Cost of Truck Shipments of Highly Radioactive Materials , Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler, D.Eng., The Johns Hopkins University, 1962, 275 pages