Tools for thinking
Subtitle: modelling in management science
By: Michael Pidd.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780470721421
Subjects: Problem solving -- Simulation methods; Management science -- Simulation methods; Decision making -- Simulation methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Models as convenient worlds; title: Management science : making sense of strategic vision; title: Problems, problems; title: Some principles of modelling; title: Soft systems methodology; title: Cognitive mapping, SODA and journey making; title: System dynamics; title: Decision analysis; title: Optimization modelling : linear programming; title: Computer simulation; title: visual interactive modelling and Monte Carlo simulation; title: Heuristic search; title: Model assessment and validation.