TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis 1

CHAPTER 2 Probability Concepts and Applications 11
CHAPTER 3 Decision Analysis 41
CHAPTER 4 Regression Models 72
CHAPTER 5 Forecasting 93
CHAPTER 6 Inventory Control Models 115
CHAPTER 7 Linear Programming Models: Graphical and Computer Methods 141
CHAPTER 8 Linear Programming Modeling Applications: With Computer Analyses
in Excel and QM for Windows 168
CHAPTER 9 Linear Programming: The Simplex Method 194
CHAPTER 10 Transportation and Assignment Models 218
CHAPTER 11 Integer Programming, Goal Programming, and Nonlinear Programming 253
CHAPTER 12 Network Models 284
CHAPTER 13 Project Management 309
CHAPTER 14 Waiting Lines and Queuing Theory Models 340
CHAPTER 15 Simulation Modeling 370
CHAPTER 16 Markov Analysis 386
CHAPTER 17 Statistical Quality Control 402

CD-ROM Modules
1 Analytic Hierarchy Process 417
2 Dynamic Programming 436
3 Decision Theory and the Normal Distribution 456
4 Game Theory 466
5 Mathematical Tools: Determinants and Matrices 476
6 Calculus-Based Optimization 498