Simulation Modeling Using Risk: Updated for Version 4 - Softcover

Winston, Wayne L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 053438059X ISBN 13: 9780534380595

Publisher: Duxbury Pr, 2000

Synopsis

With its understandable explanations of Monte Carlo and step-by-step instructions for Microsoft Excel, Lotus, and @Risk software, this text/software package offers both the instruction and the practice students need to begin solving complex business problems. It is designed for use as the primary learning tool in a short business simulation course (for advanced undergraduate and MBA students), or as a supplement to courses in investments, corporate finance, management science, marketing strategy, operations management, and actuarial science.

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About the Author

Wayne L. Winston is Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he has taught since 1975. Wayne received his B.S. degree in mathematics from MIT and his Ph.D. degree in operations research from Yale. He has written the successful textbooks OPERATIONS RESEARCH: APPLICATIONS AND ALGORITHMS, MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING: APPLICATIONS AND ALGORITHMS, INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY MODELS, SIMULATION MODELING WITH @RISK, DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING, DATA ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS, PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, AND FINANCIAL MODELS USING SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION. Wayne has published more than 20 articles in leading journals and has won many teaching awards, including the school-wide MBA award four times. His current interest is in showing how spreadsheet models can be used to solve business problems in all disciplines, particularly in finance and marketing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duxbury Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 053438059X
• ISBN 13: 9780534380595
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226