Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis, 5th Edition

Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis: A Practical Introduction to Management Science, Revised (Book Only)
Cliff Ragsdale is an innovator of the spreadsheet teaching revolution and is highly regarded in the field of management science. The revised fifth edition of SPREADSHEET MODELING AND DECISION ANALYSIS retains the elements and philosophy that has made its past editions so successful. New topics have been added as well as examples that are relevant to decision making in today’s business world. This version of SPREADSHEET MODELING AND DECISION ANALYSIS has been updated for use with Microsoft Office Excel 2007. It provides succinct instruction in the most commonly used management science techniques and shows how these tools can be implemented using the most current version of Excel for Windows. This text also focuses on developing both algebraic and spreadsheet modeling skills.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Modeling and Decision Analysis
2. Introduction to Optimization and Linear Programming
3. Modeling and Solving LP Problems in a Spreadsheet
4. Sensitivity Analysis and the Simplex Method
5. Network Modeling
6. Integer Linear Programming
7. Goal Programming and Multiple Objective Optimization
8. Nonlinear Programming & Evolutionary Optimization
9. Regression Analysis
10. Discriminant Analysis
11. Time Series Forecasting
12. Introduction to Simulation Using Crystal Ball
13. Queuing Theory
14. Project Management
15. Decision Analysis