Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

Preface

Overview

Welcome to the thirteenth edition of Quantitative Analysis for Management. Our goal is to provide undergraduate and graduate students with a genuine foundation in business analytics, quantitative methods, and management science. In doing so, we owe thanks to the hundreds of users and scores of reviewers who have provided invaluable counsel and pedagogical insight for more than 30 years.

To help students connect how the techniques presented in this book apply in the real world, computer-based applications and examples are a major focus of this edition. Mathematical ­models, with all the necessary assumptions, are presented in a clear and “plain-English” manner. The ensuing solution procedures are then applied to example problems ...