Quantitative techniques [printed text] / Terry Lucey, Author  . -  6th Edition Reprint . - London : Thomson Learning, 2004 . - viii, 558 p. : ill (b & w) ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-84480-106-0
This long-established 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 include: logistics, finance, production and operations management, and economics.

Class number:

650.01513

Contents note:

Preface; 1) Introduction to quantitative techniques; 2) Probability and decision-making; 3) Decision trees; 4) Statistics - introduction; 5) Statistics - Statistical inference; 6) Statistics - Statistical hypothesis testing; 7) Linear 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 re-order 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.