Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets (with CD-ROM) (Duxbury Applied Series) - Hardcover

Baker, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534494749 ISBN 13: 9780534494742

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2005

Synopsis

Ideal for students in managment and engineering, OPTIMIZATION MODELING WITH SPREADSHEETS (WITH CD-ROM) covers model building and include tutorials on the use of Excel's Solver, and, at a more advanced level, Frontline Systems' Premium Solver.

About this title

About the Author

Ken Baker is a faculty member at Dartmouth College. He is currently Nathaniel Leverone Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business and also Adjunct Professor at the Thayer School of Engineering. He teaches courses relating to mathematical modeling and operations management. At present, he is a principal investigator on the Spreadsheet Engineering research project, and co-author (with Steve Powell) of The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets. Over the years, much of Professor Baker's teaching and research has dealt with operations planning and control, and he is widely known for his textbook, Elements of Sequencing and Scheduling, in addition to a variety of technical articles. Professor Baker has served as Tuck School's Associate Dean and Associate Dean of Faculty, and he has directed the Tuck School's management development programs in the manufacturing area. Currently, he serves as a Co-director of Thayer School's Master's program in Engineering Management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534494749
• ISBN 13: 9780534494742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368