Introduction to management science: a modeling and case studies approach with spreadsheets

By:

Hillier, Frederick S

Contributor(s):

Operations research

Publication details: McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 2015Edition: 4thDescription: 656 pISBN:

9789339222178

Subject(s):

Management science

DDC classification:

658.4032 HIL

Summary: Introduction to Management Science, 4e, offers a unique model approach and integrates the use of Excel. Through this approach students are better able to grasp the essential concepts covered in the course and see their utility. 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. These cases and related applications cut across all functional areas of business and show how management science techniques apply in the business environment.

List(s) this item appears in: Operation & quantitative Techniques | Public Policy & General Management

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques	658.4032 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		000562

Table of content

1 Introduction
2 Linear Programming: Basic Concepts
3 Linear Programming: Formulation and Applications
4 The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets
5 What-If Analysis for Linear Programming
6 Network Optimization Problems
7 Using Binary Integer Programming to Deal with Yes-or-No Decisions
8 Nonlinear Programming
9 Decision Analysis
10 Forecasting
11 Queueing Models
12 Computer Simulation: Basic Concepts
13 Computer Simulation with Crystal Ball
APPENDIXES

Introduction to Management Science, 4e, offers a unique model approach and integrates the use of Excel. Through this approach students are better able to grasp the essential concepts covered in the course and see their utility. 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. These cases and related applications cut across all functional areas of business and show how management science techniques apply in the business environment.

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