Applied Management Science: Making Good Decisions

Applied Management Science: Making Good Decisions
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Offers information on applied management science, provided by Hossein Arsham. Describes deterministic and probablistic models, lists books on operations research and management science, and links to related Web sites.

Applied Management Science

Applied Management Science
Author: John A. Lawrence
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Total Pages: 726
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
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This text aims to show students how to use the management science results in actual managerial decision-making. It focuses on real-world applications and software rather than straight mathematics. It should prepare students for the challenging situations faced by management scientists every day as they: gain a familiarity with current management science approaches; build skills in quantitative decision-making; improve their overall knowledge of business; improve communication skills; and develop a strong familiarity with relevant computer programs.

Applied Management Science

Applied Management Science
Author: John A. Lawrence
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2002
Genre: Communication in management
ISBN: 9780471427742

Emphasizes building the most appropriate model possible from the available data. * Major focus is on analysis and communication of results to management. Teaches readers how to conduct a management science study, analyze different situations, break down the steps of problem-solving, write a business report, and effectively communicate study results to management. * A supporting CD-ROM is packaged with every book to include three complete additional chapters, additional cases and problems for every chapter, coverage of key algorithms and derivations, a review of statistics, the complete WINQSB package developed by Yih-Long Chang, and Excel files for every chapter. * Computer Integrated Approach: Use of Excel, WinQSB, and LINDO for windows integrated throughout text for use in solving models.

Systems and Decision Making

Systems and Decision Making
Author: Hans G. Daellenbach
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Total Pages: 570
Release: 1994-10-11
Genre: Business & Economics
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Systems and Decision Making A Management Science Approach Hans G Daellenbach University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Traditional methods of problem solving, based on the cause-and-effect model, can no longer cope with the complex situations in which decisions have to be made today. These problem situations occur within a systems context. Most of these systems are created and controlled by humans and it is, therefore, important that decision making is guided by a systematic and comprehensive methodology that helps the decision maker to make effective use of his/her extensive but limited powers of reasoning. Systems and Decision Making combines contemporary systems work with Operations Research (OR). Daellenbach places an emphasis on developing a methodology for decision situations that lend themselves to quantitative approaches rather than give an elementary survey of many OR/MS techniques. It incorporates some of the learnings of soft systems methodology for more practical problem solving, particularly at the problem identification and formulation stages. The text also shows that the scientific component of modelling can be considerably enhanced by the use of various diagrammatic devices. The second part of the book studies a number of topics important for the analyst, such as how to deal with the time element, with constraints, with uncertainty, and with multiple goals. These are demonstrated by various OR/MS techniques. Systems and Decision Making is an excellent core text for undergraduate and graduate students of systems, management science and MBA courses.

Applied Management Science

Applied Management Science
Author: John A. Lawrence
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2002-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780471391906

Emphasizes building the most appropriate model possible from the available data. * Major focus is on analysis and communication of results to management. Teaches readers how to conduct a management science study, analyze different situations, break down the steps of problem-solving, write a business report, and effectively communicate study results to management. * A supporting CD-ROM is packaged with every book to include three complete additional chapters, additional cases and problems for every chapter, coverage of key algorithms and derivations, a review of statistics, the complete WINQSB package developed by Yih-Long Chang, and Excel files for every chapter. * Computer Integrated Approach: Use of Excel, WinQSB, and LINDO for windows integrated throughout text for use in solving models.

Applied Management Science

Applied Management Science
Author: John A. Lawrence
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Release: 2010-05-05
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ISBN: 9780470879498

This text aims to show students how to use the management science results in actual managerial decision-making. It focuses on real-world applications and software rather than straight mathematics. It should prepare students for the challenging situations faced by management scientists every day as they: gain a familiarity with current management science approaches; build skills in quantitative decision-making; improve their overall knowledge of business; improve communication skills; and develop a strong familiarity with relevant computer programs.

Management Science and Decision Technology

Management Science and Decision Technology
Author: Jeffrey D. Camm
Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780324007152

The focus of this book is on using data and spreadsheet models effectively for the analysis of business problems and decision making. Included are discussions of building good spreadsheet models; data collection, visualization, and statistical analysis; forecasting; optimization using Excel Solver; decision and risk analysis; and simulation using Crystal Ball add-in for Excel and Arena BE. The principal focus is on gaining insight and intuition for better decisions, with applications in operations planning, finance, and marketing.

Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty

Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty
Author: Vincent A. W. J. Marchau
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2019-04-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030052524

This open access book focuses on both the theory and practice associated with the tools and approaches for decisionmaking in the face of deep uncertainty. It explores approaches and tools supporting the design of strategic plans under deep uncertainty, and their testing in the real world, including barriers and enablers for their use in practice. The book broadens traditional approaches and tools to include the analysis of actors and networks related to the problem at hand. It also shows how lessons learned in the application process can be used to improve the approaches and tools used in the design process. The book offers guidance in identifying and applying appropriate approaches and tools to design plans, as well as advice on implementing these plans in the real world. For decisionmakers and practitioners, the book includes realistic examples and practical guidelines that should help them understand what decisionmaking under deep uncertainty is and how it may be of assistance to them. Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty: From Theory to Practice is divided into four parts. Part I presents five approaches for designing strategic plans under deep uncertainty: Robust Decision Making, Dynamic Adaptive Planning, Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways, Info-Gap Decision Theory, and Engineering Options Analysis. Each approach is worked out in terms of its theoretical foundations, methodological steps to follow when using the approach, latest methodological insights, and challenges for improvement. In Part II, applications of each of these approaches are presented. Based on recent case studies, the practical implications of applying each approach are discussed in depth. Part III focuses on using the approaches and tools in real-world contexts, based on insights from real-world cases. Part IV contains conclusions and a synthesis of the lessons that can be drawn for designing, applying, and implementing strategic plans under deep uncertainty, as well as recommendations for future work. The publication of this book has been funded by the Radboud University, the RAND Corporation, Delft University of Technology, and Deltares.