Applied Management Science: A Computer-Integrated Approach for Decision Making (Hardcover)

by John A., Jr. Lawrence (Author), Barry Alan Pasternack (Author)
Key Phrases: annual holding cost rate, management science team, production lot size model, Space Rays, Crystal Ball, Tom Brown (more...)

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PowerPoint Presentations, Instructor's Manual with Complete Solutions, Test Bank, Wiley/Nightly Business Video Series, Internet Web Site, Quantitative Business Custom Publishing Program available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons

Product Description
The authors set out to take mathematical modeling a couple of steps further by emphasizing the decision making process and the communication of results. They approach each topic via a narrative of a business situation and illustrate the model building process, taking great care to emphasize the model's assumptions and limitations. Each chapter is then organized around a clearly defined set of pedagogical features designed to guide the student through the management science process.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 630 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471137766
• ISBN-13: 978-0471137764
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,426,728 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Text By Department Chair, June 12, 2000

By A Customer

I was a student at Cal State Fullerton, where these professors teach. This is the worst textbook I have ever read. The text is poorly written. The book doesn't read well and has many typos. I would have expected more from the Management Science Department Chair.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Applied Management Science: A Computer-Integrated Approach f, March 31, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Applied Management Science: Modeling, Spreadsheet Analysis, and Communication for Decision Making, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

This is a nobel effort. to try to do a very hard thing. The author however is very hard to follow and at times the explanations drifts into incoherance. Also, I think the author may be too brilliant to write for the average student. He might be better served by having a grad student or military trained person break down the book into coherant steps. This book has some gems of useful info, trapped in some bad explainations. The next version of this may be a truly great textbook. My advice to the author is to simplify and go step by step. Delete text and runon paragraphs where possible. If you take a class based on this book, insist on a lab and a helpful grad student.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good computer modeling book, July 12, 2007

By	J. L. Miller "Knowledge enthusiast" (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applied Management Science: Modeling, Spreadsheet Analysis, and Communication for Decision Making, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

Used this book as part of a MBA computer class. The website makes it easy to work on different computers since Excel files can be downloaded from website or taken from the CD included with the book.

Exercises were good and followed most of the material in the book. Almost all the material applied to "real world" situations.