Provides an excellent and up-to-date introduction to modelling without oversimplification. Builds a bridge between the 'soft' and 'hard' MS/OR Author is very well-known in the field. The new edition will keep up to date with developments in Operations Research, Modelling and Management Science. . Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 508. . 2009. 3rd Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Tools for Thinking: Modelling in Management Science
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0470721421
ISBN 13: 9780470721421
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 3rd Edition
Condition: New

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The third edition of Tools for Thinking builds on the successes of the previous two editions. It creates a bridge between the soft and hard (Operations Research) OR schools of thought and provides an empirically based framework in which to place them. Focusing on modelling as an activity, rather than on models and techniques, Mike Pidd shows how models can be employed to explore possible future scenarios and to make sense of managerial vision.

This third edition has been fully revised and updated without changing its focus. It features a new chapter on Decision Analysis and includes up-to-date examples using popular softwares, such as Precision Tree, @Risk and Micro Saint Sharp, to illustrate how these help in developing and using management science models as tools for thinking

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Mike Pidd is Professor of Management Science at Lancaster University. He has served as President of the Operational Research Society and as Chair of COPIOR (the Committee of Professors in OR). His research interests focus on the development of usable models in management science and computer simulation, most recently in healthcare, and he has published widely in academic journals and books.

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