Quantitative Analysis for Management
6th Edition
Published on 2. October 1996
Book
Hardback
840 pages
978-0-13-257339-9 (ISBN)
Description
Fully integrated with the personal computer, this easy-to-use text provides students with the skills to apply the techniques of quantitative analysis in all kinds of organizational decision-making situations. Designed for optimum teaching flexibility, it covers every major topic in the quantitative analysis/management science field, showing how each technique works, discussing the assumptions and limitations of the models, and illustrating the real-world usefulness of each technique with many applications in both profit-making and nonprofit organizations. Dramatically revised, the Sixth Edition now offers a completely new look and feel to make teaching more efficient and enhance students' learning experience.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 263 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1708 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-257339-9 (9780132573399)
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Barry Render | Ralph M. Stair
Quantitative Analysis for Management
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08/1999
7th Edition
Pearson
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Barry M. Render | Ralph M. Stair | Jr.
Quantitative Analysis Management
Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics
Book
10/1993
5th Edition
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Content
1. Introduction to Quantitative Analysis. Supplement to Ch. 1: Game Theory. 2. Fundamentals of Decision Theory. Supplement to Ch. 2: Probability Concepts and Distributions. 3. Decision Trees and Utility Theory. Supplement to Ch. 3: Decision Theory and the Normal Distribution. 4. Statistical Quality Control. 5. Forecasting. 6. Inventory Control Models. Supplement to Ch. 6: Material Requirements Planning and Just-In-Time Inventory. 7. Linear Programming: Graphical and Computer Methods. 8. Linear Programming Applications: With Computer Analyses in QM for Windows, LINDO, and Excel. 9. Linear Programming: The Simplex Method. 10. Transportation and Assignment Problems. 11. Integer Programming, Goal Programming, and the Branch and Bound Method. Supplement to Ch. 11: Analytical Hierarchy Process. 12. Network Models. 13. Project Management. 14. Waiting Lines and Queuing Theory. 15. Simulation. 16. Markov Analysis. Supplement to Ch. 16: Mathematical Tools: Determinants and Matrices. 17. Dynamic Programming. Appendices. A. Area Under the Standard Normal Table. B. Unit Normal Loss Integral. C. Values for e-...l. D. Using QM for Windows. E. Solutions to Selected Problems. F. Solutions to Self-Tests.