The tools of operations research (OR)--optimization, simulation, game theory, and others--are increasingly applied to the entire range of problems encountered by civil and environmental engineers. In this groundbreaking text/reference, the world's leading experts describe sophisticated OR opplications across the spectrum of environmental and civil engineering specialties, addressing problems encountered in both operation and design.

CHARLES ReVELLE, PhD, is founder of and Professor in the Program in Systems Analysis and Economics for Public Decision Making at The Johns Hopkins University.
ARTHUR E. McGARITY, PhD, is Professor of Engineering at Swarthmore College, where he has taught environmental engineering courses since 1978.