Data Analysis, Optimization, and Simulation Modeling - With Microsoft Excel and Online Resource

Informationen zum Autor Christopher J. Zappe earned his B.A. in Mathematics from DePauw University in 1983 and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Decision Sciences from Indiana University in 1987 and 1988, respectively. Since 1993, Professor Zappe has been serving as an associate professor in the decision sciences area of the Department of Management at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA). He has published articles in scholarly journals such as Managerial and Decision Economics, OMEGA, Naval Research Logistics, and Interfaces. S. Christian Albright received his B.S. degree in mathematics from Stanford in 1968 and his Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford in 1972. Since then, he has been teaching in the Operations and Decision Technologies Department in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He has taught courses in management science, computer simulation, and statistics to all levels of business students: undergraduates, MBAs, and doctoral students. His current interest is in spreadsheet modeling, including development of VBA applications in Excel®. Dr. Albright has published more than 20 articles in leading operations research journals in the area of applied probability. He has also published a number of successful textbooks, including DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING, DATA ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS, and SPREADSHEET MODELING AND APPLICATIONS. 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, SIMULATION MODELING WITH @RISK, PRATICAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, DATA ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS, SPREADSHEET MODELING AND APPLICATIONS, AND FINANCIAL MODELS USING SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION. Wayne has published over 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. Zusammenfassung Presents a teach-by-example approach, learner-friendly writing style, and complete Excel integration focusing on data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction to Data Analysis and Decision Making.1.1. Introduction.1.2. An Overview of the Book.1.3. Modeling and Models.1.4. Conclusion.PART I: EXPLORING DATA.2. Describing the Distribution of a Single Variable.2.1 Introduction.2.2 Basic Concepts.2.3 Descriptive Measures for Categorical Variables.2.4 Descriptive Measures for Numerical Variables.2.5 Time Series Data.2.6 Outliers and Missing Values.2.7 Excel Tables for Filtering, Sorting, and Summarizing.2.8 Conclusion.3. Finding Relationships Among Variables.3.1 Introduction.3.2 Relationships Among Categorical Variables.3.3 Relationships Among Categorical Variables and a Numerical Variable.3.4 Relationships Among Numerical Variables.3.5 Pivot Tables.3.6 An Extended Example.3.7 Conclusion.PART II: PROBABILITY AND DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY4. Probability and Probability Distributions.4.1. Introduction.4.2. Probability Essentials.4.3. Distribution of a Single Random Variable.4.4. An Introduction to Simulation.4.5. Distribution of Two Random Variables: Scenario Approach.4.6. Distribution of Two Random Variables: Joint Probability Approach.4.7. Independent Random Variables.4.8. Weighted Sums of Random Variables.4.9. Conclusion.5. Normal, Binomial, Poisson, and Exponential Distributions.5.1. Introduction.5.2. The Normal Distribution.5.3. Applications of the Normal Distribution.5.4. The Binomial Distribution.5.5. Applications of ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Albright, Winston, Wayne Winston, Wayne L. Winston, Zappe
• Verlag: South western publishing co
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.12.2010
• EAN: 9780538476768
• ISBN: 978-0-538-47676-8
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Informatik, EDV; Analysis