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This introductory textbook uses a problem-scenario approach to explain both problem formulation and technique applications. Emphasizing quantitative procedures, the chapters cover sensitivity analysis, the simplex method, duality, transportation and transshipment problems, integer linear programming, network models, project scheduling, inventory models, waiting line models, simulation, decision analysis, multi-criteria decisions, forecasting, Markov processes, and dynamic programming. The authors teach at the University of Cincinnati and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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ASW's Introduction to Management Science: A Quantitative Approach to Decision Making provides thorough, application-oriented coverage in a very readable writing style. This is the best traditional text on the market. Simply put, this is a classic! The problem-scenario approach introduces quantitative procedures through situations that include both problem formulation and technique application. The extensive linear programming coverage includes problem formulation, computer solution, and practical application. The text covers transportation, assignment, and the integer programming extension of linear programming, as well as advanced topics like waiting line models, simulation, and decision analysis. A large selection of problems includes self-test problems with complete solutions and case problems. Excel spreadsheet appendices are included in this edition as well.

David R. Anderson is Professor of Quantitative Analysis in the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati. Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, he earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University. Professor Anderson has served as Head of the Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management and as Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration. In addition, he was the coordinator of the College's first Executive Program. In addition to teaching introductory statistics for business students, Dr. Anderson has taught graduate-level courses in regression analysis, multivariate analysis, and management science. He also has taught statistical courses at the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. Professor Anderson has been honored with nominations and awards for excellence in teaching and excellence in service to student organizations. He has coauthored ten textbooks related to decision sciences and actively consults with businesses in the areas of sampling and statistical methods.Dennis J. Sweeney is Professor of Quantitative Analysis and founder of the Center for Productivity Improvement at the University of Cincinnati. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he earned B.S. and B.A. degrees from Drake University, graduating summa cum laude. He received his M.B.A. and D.B.A. degrees from Indiana University, where he was an NDEA Fellow. Dr. Sweeney has worked in the management science group at ProcterandGamble and has been a visiting professor at Duke University. Professor Sweeney served five years as Head of the Department of Quantitative Analysis and four years as Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati. He has published more than 30 articles in the area of management science and statistics. The National Science Foundation, IBM, ProcterandGamble, Federated Department Stores, Kroger, and Cincinnati GasandElectric have funded his research, which has been published in MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, OPERATIONS RESEARCH, MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING, DECISION SCIENCES, and other journals. Professor Sweeney has coauthored ten textbooks in the areas of statistics, management science, linear programming, and production and operations management.Thomas A. Williams is Professor of Management Science in the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Born in Elmira, New York, he earned his B.S. degree at Clarkson University. He completed his graduate work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Before joining the College of Business at RIT, Professor Williams served for seven years as a faculty member in the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati, where he developed the first undergraduate program in Information Systems. At RIT he was the first chair of the Decision Sciences Department. Professor Williams is the coauthor of 11 textbooks in the areas of management science, statistics, production and operations management, and mathematics. He has been a consultant for numerous Fortune 500 companies in areas ranging from the use of elementary data analysis to the development of large-scale regression models.

Preface. About the Authors. 1. Introduction. 2. An Introduction To Linear Programming. 3. Linear Programming: Sensitivity Analysis and Interpretation of Solution. 4. Linear Programming Applications. 5. Linear Programming: The Simplex Method. 6. Simplex-Based Sensitivity Analysis and Duality. 7. Transportation, Assignment, and Transshipment Problems. 8. Integer Linear Programming. 9. Network Models. 10. Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM. 11. Inventory Models. 12. Waiting Line Models. 13. Simulation. 14. Decision Analysis. 15. Multicriteria Decisions. 16. Forecasting. 17. Markov Processes. 18. Dynamic Programming. Appendix A. Areas For The Standard Normal Distribution. Appendix B. Values Of E-l. Appendix C. References And Bibliography. Appendix D. Solutions To Self-Test Problems and Answers To Even-Numbered Problems.