Computer Simulation in Management Science - Softcover

Pidd, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470092300 ISBN 13: 9780470092309

Publisher: Wiley, 2004

Synopsis

The 5th edition of this popular book is essential for management science students, MBAs and practitioners in this area. It shows how practical simulation models are built and used, and provides the theory needed to do this - whatever software is used. It covers the modelling methods, computing and statistical requirements for successful simulation.

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About the Author

Michael Pidd is Professor of Management Science in the Management Science Department of Lancaster University Management School. He is author of Tools for Thinking: Modelling in Management Science, now in its second edition, and editor of Systems Modelling: Theory and Practice - both published by John Wiley & Sons. He is a consultant to businesses and the public sector, a former President of the Operational Research Society and is a Research Fellow in the UK's Advanced Institute for Management Research.

From the Back Cover

The 5th edition of this popular book is essential for management science students, MBAs and practitioners in this area. It shows how practical simulation models are built and used, and provides the theory needed to do this - whatever software is used. It covers the modelling methods, computing and statistical requirements for successful simulation and includes:

• a new chapter on Monte Carlo simulation using spreadsheets
• a new look inside discrete simulation software
• simulation models in Visual Basic, SIMUL8 and Micro Saint
• system dynamics using Powersim

• a new chapter on Monte Carlo simulation using spreadsheets
• a new look inside discrete simulation software
• simulation models in Visual Basic, SIMUL8 and Micro Saint
• system dynamics using Powersim

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470092300
• ISBN 13: 9780470092309
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 331