Computer Simulation in Management Science - Softcover

Pidd, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471919314 ISBN 13: 9780471919315

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1988

Synopsis

This work focuses on the modelling of management systems for simulation. It includes both discrete simulation and system dynamics and provides practical advice on model validation. Statistical sections emphasise the controls of variation in discrete simulation.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The 5th edition of this popular book is essential for management science students, MBAs and practitioners in this area. It shows how practical simulation models are built and used, and provides the theory needed to do this – whatever software is used. It covers the modelling methods, computing and statistical requirements for successful simulation and includes:

• a new chapter on Monte Carlo simulation using spreadsheets
• a new look inside discrete simulation software
• simulation models in Visual Basic, SIMUL8 and Micro Saint
• system dynamics using Powersim

About the Author

Michael Pidd is Professor of Management Science in the Management Science Department of Lancaster University Management School. He is author of Tools for Thinking: Modelling in Management Science, now in its second edition, and editor of Systems Modelling: Theory and Practice – both published by John Wiley & Sons. He is a consultant to businesses and the public sector, a former President of the Operational Research Society and is a Research Fellow in the UK′s Advanced Institute for Management Research.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0471919314
• ISBN 13: 9780471919315
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 328