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010			_a 2009025976
020			_a9780470721421 (pbk.)
020			_a0470721421 (pbk.)
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050	0	0	_aHD30.29 _b.P53 2009
082	0	0	_a658.4/0352 _222
100	1		_aPidd, Michael.
245	1	0	_aTools for thinking : _bmodelling in management science / _cMichael Pidd.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aChichester, U.K. : _bWiley, _c2009.
300			_ax, 292 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aModels 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.
650		0	_aProblem solving _xSimulation methods.
650		0	_aManagement science _xSimulation methods.
650		0	_aDecision making _xSimulation methods.
035			_a(IMchF)fol12722048
526	0		_aENGG953
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003			UOWD
942			_cREGULAR
999			_c18649 _d18649