Excel basics to blackbelt; an accelerated guide to decision support designs.9780521889056 Excel basics to blackbelt; an accelerated guide to decision support designs. Bendoly, Elliot. Cambridge U. Press 2008 333 pages $45.00 Hardcover HD30 Bendoly (operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. and decision sciences, Emory U.) takes mere mortals and turns them into super-users while explaining the powers of this ubiquitous software tool. With accessible text and plenty of useful graphics, he explains the development environment of Excel, then challenges readers to acquire, link, and generate data to create useful, organized intelligence.. He shows how to structure problems and visualize options, and gives a series of simplification tactics that produce effective data groupings for decision support. He explains the analytics of optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. , including complex optimization, and demonstrates leveraging dynamic analysis, including controlled simulation analysis (language, simulation) SIMulation ANalysis - (SIMAN) A simulation language, especially for manufacturing systems, developed by C. Dennis Pegden in 1983. ["Introduction to Simulation using SIMAN", C.D. Pegden et al, McGraw-Hill 1990]. , scenario generation and optimization. His sections on visualizing visualizing, v 1., holding an image in one's mind. 2., forming an image of a goal or destination in one's mind before undertaking it, so as to facilitate success. complex analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. dynamics, advanced automation and interfacing are especially good. This should be on every manager's bookshelf as a reference, but Bendoly's excellent exercises also make this a strong self-study guide and classroom text. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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