An Introduction To Management Science

Author : David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm,James J. Cochran
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1111823618

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An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making by David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm,James J. Cochran Pdf

Reflecting the latest developments in Microsoft Office Excel 2013, Anderson/Sweeney/Williams/Camm/Cochran/Fry/Ohlmann's AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO DECISION MAKING, 14E equips readers with a sound conceptual understanding of the role that management science plays in the decision-making process. The trusted market leader for more than two decades, the book uses a proven problem-scenario approach to introduce each quantitative technique within an applications setting. All data sets, applications, and screen visuals reflect the details of Excel 2013 to effectively prepare you to work with the latest spreadsheet tools. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : William J. Stevenson,Ceyhun Ozgur
Publisher : Irwin/McGraw-Hill
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : CD-ROMs
ISBN : 0073252905

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Introduction to Management Science with Spreadsheets by William J. Stevenson,Ceyhun Ozgur Pdf

This text combines the market leading writing and presentation skills of Bill Stevenson with integrated, thorough, Excel modeling from Ceyhun Ozgur. Professor Ozgur teaches Management Science, Operations, and Statistics using Excel, at the undergrad and MBA levels at Valparaiso University --and Ozgur developed and tested all examples, problems and cases with his students. The authors have written this text for students who have no significant mathematics training and only the most elementary experience with Excel.

Author : Bernard W. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Management science
ISBN : 0131424394

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Introduction to Management Science by Bernard W. Taylor Pdf

This best-selling introduction to the techniques and applications of management science is designed to make the subject easy to understand, interesting, and accessible for readers with limited mathematical background or skills. The book focuses on management science not only as a collection of techniques and processes, but as a philosophy and method for approaching problems in a logical manner.KEY TOPICS: Following a Òbegin-from-the-basicsÓ approach for all topics, this book provides comprehensive coverage and flexible organization but does not assume an understanding of the mathematical underpinnings of any topic on the part of the reader. Each short, easy-to-read chapter centers around simple, straightforward examples that demonstrate the fundamentals of the techniques and provide specific solution steps that can be applied to other situations. Demonstrates how management science techniques can improve efficiency and save money. It also interweaves computer usage throughout every chapter. The sixth edition of Introduction to Management Science has been revised to reflect the most up-to-date practices and techniques. It now includes a revised discussion on the modeling process and new discussions the Analytical Hierarchy Procedure (AHP) and Multiple Regression. It also includes Excel Spreadsheet Solutions, including Excel QM, Crystal Ball software, and TreePlan software. An essential reference book for every professional manager.ÿ

Author : Frederick Stanton Hillier,Mark S. Hillier,Karl Schmedders,Molly Stephens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01
Category : Management science
ISBN : 0071238107

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Introduction to Management Science by Frederick Stanton Hillier,Mark S. Hillier,Karl Schmedders,Molly Stephens Pdf

Introduction to Management Science, 2e offers a unique case study approach and integrates the use of Excel. Each chapter includes a case study that is meant to show the students a real and interesting application of the topics addressed in that chapter. This most recent revision has been thoroughly updated to be more "user-friendly" and more technologically advanced. These changes include, a completely new chapter on the art of modeling with spreadsheets. This unique chapter goes far beyond anything found in other textbooks and are based on the award winning methodologies used by Mark Hillier in his own course. The technology package has also been greatly enhanced to include, Crystal Ball 2000 (Professional Edition) a Management Science Online Learning Center, and an Excel add-in called Alver Table for performing sensitivity analysis. Crystal Ball is the most popular Excel add-in for computer simulation and includes OptQuest (an optimizer with simulation) as well as a forecasting module. The Management Science Online Learning Center (website) includes several modules that enable students to interactively explore certain management science techniques in depth. Solver Table is an Excel add-in developed by the author to help perform sensitivity analysis systematically, as well as substantially expanded coverage of computer simulation, including Crystal Ball. We now have two chapters on computer simulation instead of one, where the second chapter features the use of Crystal Ball.all.

Author : Charles T.T. Edwards,Dorothy J. Dankel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317615163

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Management Science in Fisheries by Charles T.T. Edwards,Dorothy J. Dankel Pdf

A key goal of fisheries management is to regulate extractive pressure on a resource so as to ensure social, economic and ecological sustainability. This text provides an accessible entry point for students and professionals to management science as developed in fisheries, in order to facilitate uptake of the latest ideas and methods. Traditional management approaches have relied upon a stock assessment based on existing understanding of resource status and dynamics, and a prediction of the likely future response to a static management proposal. However all such predictions include an inherent degree of uncertainty, and the last few decades have seen the emergence of an adaptive approach that uses feedback control to account for unknown future behaviour. Feedback is achieved via a control rule, which defines a relationship between perceived status of the resource and a management action. Evaluations of such rules usually include computer simulation testing across a broad range of uncertainties, so that an appropriate and robust rule can be selected by stakeholders and managers. The book focuses on this approach, which is usually referred to as Management Strategy Evaluation. The book is enriched by case study examples from different parts of the world, as well as insights into the theory and practice from those actively involved in the science of fisheries management.

Author : William J. Stevenson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822006398846

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Introduction to Management Science by William J. Stevenson Pdf

Author : David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm,James J. Cochran
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 133740652X

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An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approach by David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm,James J. Cochran Pdf

Gain a sound conceptual understanding of the role that management science plays in the decision-making process with the market leader that integrates the latest developments in Microsoft Office Excel 2016. The market-leading Anderson/Sweeney/Williams/Camm/Cochran/Fry/Ohlmann's AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO DECISION MAKING, 15E uses a proven problem-scenario approach to introduce each quantitative technique within an applications setting. All data sets, applications, and screen visuals reflect the details of Excel 2016 to effectively prepare readers to work with the latest spreadsheet tools. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : Fausto Pedro García Márquez,Benjamin Lev
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030746445

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Introduction to Internet of Things in Management Science and Operations Research by Fausto Pedro García Márquez,Benjamin Lev Pdf

This book aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in Internet of Things (IoT) in Management Science and Operations Research. It starts with basic concept and present cases, applications, theory, and potential future. The contributed chapters to the book cover wide array of topics as space permits. Examples are from smart industry; city; transportation; home and smart devices. They present future applications, trends, and potential future of this new discipline. Specifically, this book provides an interface between the main disciplines of engineering/technology and the organizational, administrative, and planning capabilities of managing IoT. This book deals with the implementation of latest IoT research findings in practice at the global economy level, at networks and organizations, at teams and work groups and, finally, IoT at the level of players in the networked environments. This book is intended for professionals in the field of engineering, information science, mathematics, economics, and researchers who wish to develop new skills in IoT, or who employ the IoT discipline as part of their work. It will improve their understanding of the strategic role of IoT at various levels of the information and knowledge organization. The book is complemented by a second volume of the same editors with practical cases.

Author : David Ray Anderson
Publisher : Ingram
Page : 863 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Management science
ISBN : 1111532249

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An Introduction to Management Science by David Ray Anderson Pdf

"Each new copy of the text contains a printed access code that grants access to the following resources: LINGO student edition, 5 optional chapters focusing on solution algorithms, Microsoft Office Excel worksheets for text examples, Microsoft Office Excel templates for inventory, waiting line, and simulation models, The Management Scientist, TreePlan Academic. Microsoft Office Project 2010 60-Day trial version is on a separate CD [ie DVD-[ROM]] packaged with each new copy of the text."--Back cover.

Author : Colin Combe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199642991

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Introduction to Management by Colin Combe Pdf

This brand new textbook equips the next generation of managers with the skills to succeed in a global business environment. Skillsets help students improve both their academic work and their employability, a truly international range of case studies broadens their horizons, and practitioner insights show them how skills are used in the real world.

Author : Wolfgang Garn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727195221

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Introduction to Management Science by Wolfgang Garn Pdf

Businesses have to cut costs, increase revenue and be profitable. The aim of this book is to introduce Management Science to analyse business challenges and to find solutions analytically. Important topics in modelling, optimisation and probability are covered. These include: linear and integer programming, network flows and transportation; essential statistics, queueing systems and inventory models. The overall objectives are: to enable the reader to increase the efficiency and productivity of businesses; to observe and define challenges in a concise, precise and logical manner; to be familiar with a number of classical and state-of-the art operational research techniques and tools; to devise solutions, algorithms and methods that offer competitive advantage to businesses and organisations; and to provide results to management for decision making and implementation. Numerous examples and problems with solutions are given to demonstrate how these concepts can be applied in a business context.

Author : José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317102014

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Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management by José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo Pdf

Due to its societal and economic relevance, Project Management (PM) has become an important discipline and a concept critical to modern organizations, public and private. PM as an academic discipline is discussed both in Management Science and in Operations Research. Management Science tends to focus on quantitative tools and the soft skills necessary to manage projects successfully. Operations Research gives the essential scientific contribution to the success of project management through the development of models and algorithms. In Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management, José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo fills the gap between scientific research and the practical application of that research. Project managers need formal training in decision-making but sometimes, they do not have an in-depth knowledge of Operations Research or they lack the necessary theoretical background. This book, with its focus on the quantitative models of Operations Research and Management Science applied to Project Management, provides project managers with the tools and methods necessary to manage projects successfully. Project managers operate in a complex global environment, in which numerous factors need to be considered, such as minimizing total project costs, meeting contracted dates, and ensuring that activities achieve certain quality levels. The focus here on the application of quantitative models of Operations Research and Management Science applied to Project Management provides them with the tools and methods necessary to make sound decisions.

Author : John R. Birge,Vadim Linetsky
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080553257

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Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Financial Engineering by John R. Birge,Vadim Linetsky Pdf

The remarkable growth of financial markets over the past decades has been accompanied by an equally remarkable explosion in financial engineering, the interdisciplinary field focusing on applications of mathematical and statistical modeling and computational technology to problems in the financial services industry. The goals of financial engineering research are to develop empirically realistic stochastic models describing dynamics of financial risk variables, such as asset prices, foreign exchange rates, and interest rates, and to develop analytical, computational and statistical methods and tools to implement the models and employ them to design and evaluate financial products and processes to manage risk and to meet financial goals. This handbook describes the latest developments in this rapidly evolving field in the areas of modeling and pricing financial derivatives, building models of interest rates and credit risk, pricing and hedging in incomplete markets, risk management, and portfolio optimization. Leading researchers in each of these areas provide their perspective on the state of the art in terms of analysis, computation, and practical relevance. The authors describe essential results to date, fundamental methods and tools, as well as new views of the existing literature, opportunities, and challenges for future research.

Author : D S Hira
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 1377 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788121902816

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Operations Research by D S Hira Pdf

The author have used numerical examples as the means for presentation of the underlying ideas of different operations research techniques.Accordingly,a large number of comprehensive solved examples,taken from a variety of fields,have been added in every chapter and they are followed by a set of unsolved problems with answers(and hints wherever required)through which readers can test their understanding of the subject matter.The book,in its present form,contains around 650,examples,1,280 illustrative diagrams.

Author : David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm,R. Kipp Martin
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1111532222

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An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making, Revised by David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm,R. Kipp Martin Pdf

Provide your students with a sound conceptual understanding of the role that management science plays in the decision-making process with the latest edition of the book that has defined today's management science course: Anderson/Sweeney/Williams/Camm/Martin's AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO DECISION MAKING, REVISED 13th Edition. The trusted market leader for more than two decades, the new edition of this text now reflects the latest developments in Microsoft Office Excel 2010. All data sets, applications and screen visuals throughout this REVISED 13th Edition reflect the details of Excel 2010 to accurately prepare your students to work with today's latest spreadsheet tools. The authors continue to provide unwavering accuracy with the book's proven applications-oriented approach and timely, powerful examples. The book's hallmark problem-scenario approach introduces each quantitative technique within an applications setting. Students must apply the management science model to generate solutions and recommendations for management. A comprehensive support package offers all the written and online time-saving support you need with trusted solutions written by the text authors to ensure accuracy. Students gain an understanding of today's most useful software applications with premium online content, including online chapters, LINGO software and Excel add-ins. Student even receive a copy of the popular Microsoft Project Professional 2010 on the text's accompanying CD. Trust the world leader AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO DECISION MAKING, REVISED 13th Edition to provide the support your course and today's students need. The Student Essential Site PAC (Printed Access Card) that comes with the new book includes: Case Files, Example Files, Problem Files, Tutorials, Solvertable, Palisade DecisionTools (StatTools), Excel Tutorial. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.