Introduction to Management Science gives students a strong foundation in how to make decisions and solve complex problems using both quantitative methods and software tools. In addition to extensive examples, problem sets, and cases, the 13th Edition incorporates Excel 2016 and other software resources, developing students' ability to leverage the technology they will use throughout their careers. By practicing these modelling techniques, students gain a useful framework for problem-solving that they can then apply in the workplace.

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• Preface
• 1 Management Science
• 2 Linear Programming: Model Formulation and Graphical Solution
• 3 Linear Programming: Computer Solution and Sensitivity Analysis
• 4 Linear Programming: Modeling Examples
• 5 Integer Programming
• 6 Transportation, Transshipment, and Assignment Problems
• 7 Network Flow Models 8 Project Management
• 9 Multicriteria Decision Making
• 10 Nonlinear Programming
• 11 Probability and Statistics
• 12 Decision Analysis
• 13 Queuing Analysis
• 14 Simulation
• 15 Forecasting
• 16 Inventory Management
• Appendix A Normal and Chi-Square Tables
• Appendix B Setting Up and Editing a Spreadsheet
• Appendix C The Poisson and Exponential Distributions Solutions to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
• Glossary
• Index