Introduction to Management Science: A Contemporary Approach

Nesa L'abbe Wu, Jack Andin Wu

Rand McNally College Publishing Company, 1980 - Business & Economics - 622 pages

Contents

• Vector Operations: 18
• Matrix Representation: 24
• Communicating Business Information with Matrices: 35
• Glossary and Summary of Methods: 41
• Formulation and Graphical Interpretation of Linear Programming Models: 48
• The Simplex Method: 82
• Postoptimal Analysis and Duality: 122
• The Case of Developing a Media Advertising Plan: 188
• A Portfolio Analysis Case: 196
• The Case of a Petroleum Refinery: 206
• References: 226
• The Transportation Problem: 242
• Goal Programming: 320
• Decision Theory: 360
• PERTCPM: 400
• 11: 447
• Simulation: 454
• vii: 480
• Inventory Model: 486
• 1: 497
• Exponential Interarrival and Service Time Distribution: 530
• FCFSFinite Waiting: 537
• Applications: 549
• 14: 556
• Appendix A Computerization of the Simplex Method: 580
• Pz Z: 593
• The Bucket Method of Timing PERT Networks: 601
• Appendix E ComputerGenerated Random Numbers: 608
• Appendix H Poisson Probabilities P n: 616

Bibliographic information

• Title: Introduction to Management Science: A Contemporary Approach
• Authors: Nesa L'abbe Wu, Jack Andin Wu
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Rand McNally College Publishing Company, 1980
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 12, 2011
• ISBN: 0528600729, 9780528600722
• Length: 622 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving; Business & Economics / Operations Research; Mathematics / Linear & Nonlinear Programming