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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150242703321

Autore

Waters C. D. J. <1949->

Titolo

Quantitative methods for business / / Donald Waters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011]

ISBN

9780273739487

0273739484

9781283173315

128317331X

9786613173317

6613173312

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 603 pages ) : illustrations

Disciplina

658.403

Soggetti

Industrial management - Mathematical models

Decision making - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: 2008

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface Part One Background 1 Managers and numbers 2 Calculations and equations 3 Drawing graphs Part Two Collecting and summarising data 4 Collecting data 5 Diagrams for presenting data 6 Using numbers to describe data 7 Describing changes with index numbers Part Three Solving management problems 8 Finance and performance 9 Regression and curve tting 10 Forecasting 11 Linear programming Part Four Introducing statistics 12 Uncertainty and probabilities 13 Probability distributions 14 Using samples 15 Testing hypotheses Part Five Management problems with uncertainty 16 Making decisions 17 Quality management 18 Inventory management 19 Project networks 20 Queues and simulation Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

Taking a non-threatening, non-theoretical approach to a subject students often find difficult, this book avoids rigorous mathematics and concentrates on applying quantitative ideas to the work situation.