Quantitative methods for business
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Quantitative methods for business
David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams
South-Western College Pub., c2001
8th ed
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This revised edition provides students with a conceptual understanding of the role that quantitative methods play in the decision-making process. This text describes the many quantitative methods that have been developed over the years, explains how they work, and shows how the decision-maker can apply and interpret data. Written with the non-mathematician in mind, this text is applications-oriented. Its "Problem-Scenario Approach" motivates and helps students understand and apply mathematical concepts and techniques. In addition, the managerial orientation motivates students by using examples that illustrate situationsin which quantitative methods are useful in decision making.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Probability
- probability distributions
- decision Analysis
- utility and decision making
- forecasting
- an introduction to linear programming
- linear programming sensitivity analysis and interpretation of solution
- linear programming - applications
- transportation, assignment, and transshipment problems
- integer linear programming
- project scheduling - PERT/CPM
- inventory management - independent demand
- inventory management - dependent demand
- waiting line models
- simulation
- Markov processes
- multicriteria decision problems.
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