Quantitative approaches to management /
Richard I. Levin, David S. Rubin, Joel P. Stinson and Everette S. Gardner Jr.
- Eight edition
- Boston : McGraw-Hill, c1992
- xix, 920 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- A review of probability concepts -- Forecasting -- Decision making using probabilities I -- Decision making using probabilities II -- Inventory I -- Inventory II -- Linear programming I : solution methods -- Linear programming II : The simplex method -- Linear programming III : building LP models and interpreting solutions -- Specially structured linear programs -- Networks -- Extensions of linear programming -- Waiting lines -- Simulation -- Markov analysis -- MS/OR : past, present and future
This edition covers more MS/OR topics than any other textbook currently available. Each of these topics is treated in some details including computer-based applications, end-of-chapter quiz items, end-of-chapter exercises, and examples of real-world applications.