Quantitative techniques
This introductory interdisciplinary textbook covers all the major topics involved at the interface between business and management on the one hand and mathematics and statistics on the other. Topics dealt with include logistics, finance, production and operations management, and economics.
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Preface; 1) Introduction to quantitative techniques; 2) Probability and decision-making; 3) Decision trees; 4) Statistics - introduction; 5) Statistical inference; 6) Statistical hypothesis testing; 7) Correlation and regression; 8) Multiple and non-linear regression; 9) Forecasting - time series analysis; 10) Calculus; 11) Inventory control - introductory and terminology; 13) Inventory control - types of control system; 13) Inventory control - economic order quantity; 14) Inventory control - safety stocks and recorder levels; 15) Simulation; 16) Linear programming - introduction; 17) Linear programming - graphical solutions; 18) Linear programming - Simplex method for maximising; 19) Linear programming - Simplex method for minimising; 20) Transportation; 21) assignment; 22) Network analysis - introduction and terminology; 23) Network analysis - time analysis; 24) Network analysis - cost scheduling; 25) Network analysis - resource scheduling; 26) Network analysis - activity on nodes; 27) Financial mathematics; 28) Investment appraisal - background and techniques; 29) Investment appraisal - uncertainty and capital rationing; 30) Matrix algebra; 31) Replacement analysis; Statistical and Financial Tables; Answers to Examination Questions; Index.