Economic theory and operations analysis / William J. Baumol.

Part-1: Analytical tools of optimization;
1. Optimization and an example from inventory analysis;
2. Some elementary mathematics;
3. Marginal analysis;
4. Maximization, minimization, and elementary differential calculus;
5. Linear programming;
6. Duality;
7. Nonlinear programming;
8. Kuhn-tucker methods;
Part-2: Demand and production theory;
9. Demand curves, utility surfaces and indifference maps;
10. On empirical determination of demand relationships;
11. Production and cost;
12. Linear programming and the theory of production;
13. comparative statics and maximization: consumers and firms;
14. Towards observability: revealed preference and expenditure and cost functions;
Part-3: Firms, games and decision;
15. The firm and its objectives;
16. Market structure, pricing, and output;
17. Neumann-Morgenstern utility theory;
18. Game theory;
19. Decision theory;
Part-4: General equilibrium, welfare and distribution;
20: General equilibrium and the theory of money;
21: General equilibrium and welfare economics;
22: Input-output analysis;
23. Activity analysis and general equilibrium;
24. Theory of distribution;
25. Capital and investment decisions;
26. Capital and distribution theory;

This highly acclaimed text offers a comprehensive description of the current body of microeconomic theory and its applications to operations research. It explains the logic of analysis and offers detailed discussions on how business practice can become practical with keen abstract analysis of its problems. The standard topics of microeconomics and mathematical economics have been covered in-depth.