An introduction to management science quantitative approaches to decision making. - Anderson, David Ray 1941- .; Sweeney, Dennis J.; Williams, Thomas Arthur 1944- (St. Paul West Pub. Co., 1985)
Table of Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Linear Programming: The Graphical Method -- 3. Linear Programming: The Simplex Method -- 4. Linear Programming: Sensitivity Analysis, Duality, and Computer Solution -- 5. Linear Programming Applications -- 6. Special Linear Programming Models -- 7. Special Purpose Algorithms for the Transportation, Assignment, and Transshipment Problems -- 8. Integer Linear Programming -- 9. Network Models -- 10. Project Management: PERT/CPM -- 11. Inventory Models -- 12. Computer Simulation -- 13. Waiting Line Models -- 14. Markov Processes -- 15. Forecasting -- 16. Decision Theory -- 17. Dynamic Programming -- 18. Calculus-Based Solution Procedures -- Epilogue: Management Science and Decision Support Systems -- Answers to Even-Numbered Problems -- Appendixes -- References and Bibliography -- Index.
Revised by David Anderson.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Management science; Linear programming; Operations research