Quantitative Analysis for Management

• Main Authors: Render, Barry (Author), Stair, Ralph M. Jr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Allyn and Bacon 1988
• Edition: THIRD EDITION
• Subjects: Management science; Operations research
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: xx, 792pages illustrations 24cm
• ISBN: 0205105661

This best-selling volume has long been considered one of the most user accessible books for management science. The new edition retains and updates the traditional, comprehensive coverage of past editions but now adds spreadsheet-based problem solutions to most chapters. In addition, the book is now packaged with free software. The authors provide a comprehensive introduction to quantitative analysis, probability concepts and applications and decision theory models, as well as forecasting, control models, linear programming models and applications, transportation and assignment models, integer programming, goal programming, nonlinear programming, and branch and bound models, network models, project management, lines and queuing theory models and statistical quality control. For those interested in a comprehensive, yet accessible presentation of QM for management.