Synopses & Reviews
The first book to integrate the decision-making process through mathematical modelling. Using the concept of a decision framework, the ideas of decision making, models, and algorithms are introduced to the reader by way of realistic and entertaining problems. The structure, form, illustrations, problems, and challenges in this book provide a unique presentation of the subject matter.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
A FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION MAKING.
Decision Making.
The Decision Framework.
THE LINEAR-PROGRAMMING MODEL: APPLICATIONS.
What's for Breakfast?: The Diet Problem.
You're in the Army Now: The Personnel-Assignment Problem.
SOLVING LINEAR-PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS: THE MODEL AND ITS ALGORITHM.
A Manufacturing Problem.
The Simplex Algorithm.
NETWORK AND RELATED COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS.
Network-Flow Problems.
The Transportation and Assignment Problem Algorithms.
GAMES, TREES AND DECISION.
The Theory of Games.
The Analytic Hierarchy Process.
Combined References.
Index.