Pidd, Michael.
Tools for thinking : modelling in management science / Michael Pidd. - 3rd ed. - Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009. - x, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Models as convenient worlds -- Management science : making sense of strategic vision -- Problems, problems -- Some principles of modelling -- Soft systems methodology -- Cognitive mapping, SODA and journey-making -- System dynamics -- Decision analysis -- Optimization modelling : linear programming -- Computer simulation : visual interactive modelling and Monte Carlo simulation -- Heuristic search -- Model assessment and validation.
9780470721421 (pbk.) 0470721421 (pbk.)
2009025976
Problem solving--Simulation methods.
Management science--Simulation methods.
Decision making--Simulation methods.
HD30.29 / .P53 2009
658.4/0352
Tools for thinking : modelling in management science / Michael Pidd. - 3rd ed. - Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009. - x, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Models as convenient worlds -- Management science : making sense of strategic vision -- Problems, problems -- Some principles of modelling -- Soft systems methodology -- Cognitive mapping, SODA and journey-making -- System dynamics -- Decision analysis -- Optimization modelling : linear programming -- Computer simulation : visual interactive modelling and Monte Carlo simulation -- Heuristic search -- Model assessment and validation.
9780470721421 (pbk.) 0470721421 (pbk.)
2009025976
Problem solving--Simulation methods.
Management science--Simulation methods.
Decision making--Simulation methods.
HD30.29 / .P53 2009
658.4/0352