Introduction to Management Science

This widely adopted text presents an accessible introduction to the techniques and applications of management science. This text science is designed to make the subject easy to understand, interesting and accessible for students with limited mathematical background or skills. The author focuses on management science not only as a collection of techniques and processes, but as a philosophy and method for approaching problems in a logical manner.* NEW - The overall organization of the text has been revised to reflect a clearer split between Deterministic and Probabilistic topics. * NEW - Includes a revised discussion on the modeling process in chapter 1 and new presentations of the Analytical Hierarchy Procedure (AHP) in chapter 8 and Multiple Regression in chapter 17. * NEW - Chapter 1 includes a new discussion of the modeling process and uses Break-Even analysis as the example with Excel and Excel QM. * NEW - Coverage of Excel spreadsheets. After carefully introducing each technique, the author presents Excel solutions in separate sections in 16 of the 19 chapters. These Excel sections are optional and allow the instructor the flexibility of presenting the traditional methods and/o