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Applied Management Science: Modeling,
Spreadsheet Analysis, and Communication for Decision
Making (2nd ed.) |
| John A. Lawrence, Jr. and
Barry A. Pasternack - California State University at
Fullerton |
Emphasizes the building of the most appropriate model possible
from available data.
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The major focus of this textbook is on analysis and
communication of results to management. It teaches
how to conduct a management science study, analyze different
situations, break down the steps of problem-solving,
write a business report, and effectively communicate
study results to management. |
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Each topic is approached via a narrative of a business
situation and illustrates the model building process,
taking great care to emphasize the model's assumptions
and limitations. Each chapter is then organized around
a clearly defined set of pedagogical features designed
to guide students through the management science process
and shows how to use results in actual managerial decision
making. |
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Includes CD with three complete additional chapters,
additional cases and problems for every chapter, coverage
of key algorithms and derivations, a review of statistics,
the complete WINQSB package developed by Yih-Long Chang,
Excel files for every chapter, and an earlier version
of ExtendSim LT. |
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A computer integrated approach to problem solving is
integrated throughout the text. |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
New York - January 4, 2002
Hardcover; 704 pages
ISBN-10: 0471391905
ISBN-13: 978-0471391906
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The
BioQUEST Library Online |
The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Beloit College -- Biology Department |
The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium actively supports educators
interested in the reform of undergraduate biology and engages
in the collaborative development of curricula. Encouraged is
the use of simulations, databases, and tools to construct
learning environments where students are able to engage in
activities like those of practicing scientists.
The
BioQUEST Library Online is a BioQUEST Curriculum
Consortium project which is an ongoing peer-reviewed
community publication of software simulations, tools, datasets,
and other supporting materials from educators and developers
engaged in education and research in science.
More than 40 modules are freely accessible and downloadable
for use by teachers, curriculum developers, and students.
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Business Process Modeling,
Simulation, and Design |
| Manuel Laguna and Johan Marklund |
A
focus on business processes, as well as manufacturing processes
and general OM problems, plus an emphasis on simulation modeling
using a state of the art commercial simulation software make
this a unique, standout volume in the area of operations
management. The authors provide an introduction to business
process design, process management and process oriented improvement
programs, a simulation based methodology for designing business
processes, basic tools for process design, managing process
flows, introduction to queuing and simulation, introduction
to ExtendSim, modeling and simulating business processes,
input and output data analysis, optimizing business process
performance and process benchmarking with data envelopment
analysis. For business professionals and aspiring business
professionals.
Prentice Hall - February 16, 2004
Paperback; 448 pages; Book and CD
ISBN-10: 0131099795
ISBN-13: 978-0131099791
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Decision Modeling with Microsoft
Excel (6th ed.) |
| Jeffrey Moore and Lawrence
Weatherford |
Emphasizes the fundamental concepts of modeling and the
use of spreadsheets in a business decision-making context,
taking a hands-on approach to creating decision models using
spreadsheets. It exposes students to a variety of challenges
a manager may face in the areas of marketing, finance, operations,
and human resources so that students can develop appropriate
modeling techniques to solve on-going business issues and
provide clear solutions. Includes an earlier version of Extend
LT.
Prentice Hall - January
15, 2001
Hardcover; 693 pages
ISBN-10: 013017789X
ISBN-13: 978-0130177896
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Harvard Business School -- ExtendSim
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis |
| Roy D. Shapiro |
Series of
computer simulation exercises that explore how variability
in processing times affects process performance. CD contains
pre-built models so students can execute the simulation and
modify certain parameters to test changes in process design.
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Simulation
as a Decision Aid |
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A brief introduction to simulation--what it is,
why it's used, etc. Meant to set context for a first
class on simulation. A rewritten version of an earlier
note.
HBS Publishing - January
8, 1997
Case study; 5 pages
Product Number: 9-697-062 |
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Extend
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A) |
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First set of exercises for use with ExtendSim. These
exercises allow students to investigate the impact
of variable processing times on the performance of
simple in-line processes.
HBS Publishing -
September 14, 1993 - revised September 14, 2007
Case study; 3 pages
Product Number: 9-694-039 |
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Extend
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A2) |
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Solutions and detailed discussion of exercises from
the (A) case. Includes color exhibits.
HBS Publishing - September
22, 1994 - revised February 12, 2008
Case study; 7 pages
Product Number: 9-695-019 |
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Extend
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (B) |
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Second set of exercises for use with ExtendSim.
This set of exercises allows students to investigate
the impact of adding buffers to simple in-line processes
with uncertain processing times.
HBS Publishing - September
14, 1993 - revised September 14, 2007
Case study; 3 pages
Product Number: 694040 |
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Extend
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (C), Exercise
Three |
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Third set of exercises for use with ExtendSim. These
exercises allow students to investigate the impact
of variable processing times on the performance of
simple in-line processes.
HBS Publishing - September
22, 1994 - revised August 5, 2003
Case study; 5 pages
Product Number: 695021 |
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EXTEND(TM)
Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis, User's Guide |
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Designed to be used with Extend Simulation Exercies
in Process Analysis (A) and (B). Includes color exhibits.
HBS Publishing - September
14, 1993 - revised September 14, 2007
Case study; 10 pages
Product Number: 694043
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Integrated Operations Management:
Adding Value for Customers |
| Mark D. Hanna and W. Rocky
Newman |
A
textbook and CD set offering a unique, cross-functional
perspective that emphasizes the role of management in other
areas of business.
It helps show students how operations issues impact other
functional areas and how each person in a company plays a
role in operations decisions.
This text offers a relevant
perspective for both OM majors and non-majors alike. The
CD contains a host of interactive features, lecture notes
from the text, Quick Time video, and an earlier version
of Extend LT.
Prentice Hall
- January 15, 2001
Hardcover; 753 pages; Book
and CD
ISBN-10: 0130711616
ISBN-13: 978-0130711618
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Introduction to Decision Technology:
Modeling, Software, and Applications (2nd ed.) |
| Matthew Liberatore and Robert
Nydick -
Villanova University |
Written
in conjunction with a course on applied management science.
Appropriate for a one semester Soph/Jr/Sr/MBA level course
in Management Science, Quantitative Methods for Business,
or Operations Research. For courses/approaches where professors
want to use specific commercial software. The authors use
spreadsheets for simple modeling of each concept, but then
move quickly into Lingo, Expert Choice, and ExtendSim. Includes
an earlier version of Extend LT.
John
Wiley & Sons- March 18, 2003
Paperback; 400 pages
ISBN-10: 0471429023
ISBN-13: 978-0471429029
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Microbes Count! Problem Posting,
Problem Solving, and Peer Persuasion in Microbiology |
| John R. Jungck, Ethel D.
Stanley, and Marion Field Fass |
Microbes
Count! is a collection of computer-based investigations
for the undergraduate microbiology laboratory. The simulations,
case studies, and computational models in Microbes Count!
can be used to supplement standard textbooks.
Microbes Count! engages students in flexible problem-solving
strategies using data-rich situations based on real-world
problems such as the environmental impact of microbial metabolism,
the analysis of phylogenetic relationships with bioinformatics
tools, the challenge of Pfeisteria, and the development of
antibiotic resistance in M. tuberculosis. From virtual laboratories
for distance learners to quantitative extensions of wet and
field laboratories, the Microbes Count! investigations enhance
traditional laboratory and classroom activities with opportunities
for in-depth problem solving.
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium and American Society for
Microbiology - July 2003
Paperback; 360 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9723211-0-5
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Modeling for all Scales: An Introduction
to System Simulation |
| Howard T. Odum and Elisabeth
C. Odum |
Uses object-oriented programming to erect and evaluate the
efficacy of models of small, intermediate, and large scale
systems to employ intuitively based symbols and a systems
ecology approach. Anyone interested in an easy to use approach
to modeling complex systems authored by systems ecologists
will want this book. It attempts to make modeling and simulation
fun by focusing on simplified overview mini-models that have
important principles to science and society. Successive chapters
are arranged so that readers can teach themselves modeling,
simulation, and the programming necessary to simulate the
systems they diagram. The CD has minimodel programs and
versions of QuickBasic and an earlier version of Extend
LT to run them.
Academic Press - January
2000
Paperback; 480
pages; Book and CD
ISBN-10: 0125241704
ISBN-13: 978-0125241700
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Modeling Tools for Environmental
Engineers and Scientists |
| N. Nirmalakhandan |
This
book allows nonprogrammers to develop computer-based mathematical
models for natural and engineered environmental systems.
Written for upper-level students and professionals, this
book includes a review of mathematical modeling and fundamental
concepts such as material balance, reactor configurations,
and fate and transport of environmental contaminants. It
illustrates, using numerous examples, how mathematical and
dynamic modeling software can be applied in analyzing and
simulating natural and engineered environmental systems.
An older version of ExtendSim is used to develop and analyze
numerous models throughout the book.
CRC
Press - December 20, 2001
Hardcover; 328 pages
ISBN-10: 1566769957
ISBN-13: 978-1566769952
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Operations Management: An Integrated
Approach (3rd ed.) |
| Nada R. Sanders and Robert
Dan Reid |

This textbook demonstrates the critical impact operations
management has in today's business environments, and shows
how it relates to every department in an organization. This
third edition includes new graphs, problems, and spreadsheets;
plus new and expanded coverage of master production scheduling,
ERP, e-business, Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, and more.
John Wiley & Sons - December
17, 2007
Hardcover; 704 pages
ISBN-10: 0470283513
ISBN-13: 978-0470283516
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Operations Management and Student
CD (4th ed.) |
| Roberta S. Russell - Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and Bernard W. Taylor -
Virginia State University |
Comprehensive
book integrating managerial issues with quantitative techniques
of operations. A major thrust of this revision includes increased
emphasis on information technology and the effect of the
Internet and e-business on operations management. A four-part
organization covers the strategic importance of operations,
designing the operating system, managing the supply chain,
and ensuring quality. For project managers and other business
personnel who need to manage and improve processes.
Prentice Hall - July 18, 2002
Hardcover; Book and CD; 848 pages
ISBN-10: 0130423564
ISBN-13: 978-0130423566
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Operations Management: Strategy
and Analysis (6th ed.) |
| Lee J. Krajewski & Larry
P. Ritzman |
Presents
strategic and managerial issues in order to emphasize that
the decisions made by operations managers should be consistent
with a corporate strategy shared by managers in all functional
areas. It presents the operations tools and techniques for
solving problems in the context of achieving a firm's overall
goals and strategies, and provides a balanced treatment of
manufacturing and services throughout. This sixth addition
adds an increased emphasis on processes, to provide linkage
between operational issues, as well as new problem-solving
software (including an older version of Extend LT) and a
website with innovative Internet resources. For operations
managers in a variety of fields.
Prentice Hall - August 16, 2001
Hardcover; Book and CD
ISBN-10: 0130423564
ISBN-13: 978-0130423566
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Operations Research: Models and
Methods |
| Paul A. Jensen and Jonathan
F. Bard |
This
textbook focuses on the fundamental models and methodologies
underlying the practice of Operations Research. Bridging
the gap between theory and practice, quantitative tools and
models most important to understanding modern operations
research are presented. Ships with an earlier version of
Extend LT.
John Wiley & Sons - October
8, 2002
700 pages; Book and CD
ISBN-10: 0471380040
ISBN-13: 978-0471380047
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Parks and Carrying Capacity:
Commons Without Tragedy |
| Robert E. Manning |
Parks
and Carrying Capacity looks at long term management and sustainability
of parks and related areas. It offers a historical and conceptual
treatment of carrying capacity describing and illustrating
research approaches for assessing carrying capacity, including
qualitative and quantitative surveys, normative theory and
methods, visual research approaches, trade-off analysis,
and simulation modeling.
The book includes a series of case studies, some of which
use ExtendSim, that describe research programs designed to
support analysis and management of carrying capacity at eight
diverse units of the U.S. National Park System, and an additional
case study that explores how the foundational components
of carrying capacity (formulating indicators and standards,
monitoring, and adaptive management) are being applied in
an increasing number of environmental and natural resources
fields to address the growing urgency of sustainability.
Island Press - February 28, 2007
Paperback; 313 pages
ISBN-10: 1559631058
ISBN-13: 978-1559631051
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Principles of Operations
Management and Student CD and Student DVD Package (9th
ed.) |
| Jay Heizer - Texas Lutheran
University and Barry Render - Rollins College |
This
textbook allows students to apply what they’ve learned
to real company challenges and best practices by offering
a multitude of problems integrated case studies on video.
Its coverage includes an extensive amount of service applications
and firms to give students an in-depth look at operations
in the real world. Written for general business students
interested in operations management and gaining the fundamental
working knowledge of a firm.
Prentice Hall - November
9, 2007
Hardcover; 784 pages
ISBN-10: 0138128782
ISBN-13: 978-01381287
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Simulation Based Engineering
of Complex Systems |
| John R. Clymer, Ph.D., California
State University Fullerton |
This
book is designed for a broad spectrum of readers to help
gain an understanding of complex systems. It will be shown
that, although complex systems have behaviors that are difficult
to understand, the underlying modeling building blocks are
simple and easy to understand. It will instruct you in the
use of the OpEMCSS library
blocks (an Extend Module) to simulate interacting concurrent
processes.
Available only through Cal State
Fullerton Titan
Bookstore
224 pages
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Simulation Modeling and Analysis
(Fourth Edition) |
| Averill M. Law, Ph.D. |
Since
the publication of the first edition in 1982, the goal of
Simulation Modeling and Analysis has always been to provide
a comprehensive, state-of-the-art, and technically correct
treatment of all important aspects of a simulation study.
The book strives to make this material understandable by
the use of intuition and numerous figures, examples, and
problems. It is equally well suited for use in university
courses, simulation practice, and self study. The book is
widely regarded as the “bible” of simulation
and now has more than 100,000 copies in print. The book can
serve as the primary text for a variety of courses; for example:
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A first course in simulation at the junior, senior,
or beginning-graduate-student level in engineering, manufacturing,
business, or computer science (Chaps. 1 through 4, and
parts of Chaps. 5 through 9). At the end of such a course,
the students will be prepared to carry out complete and
effective simulation studies, and to take advanced simulation
courses. |
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A second course in simulation for graduate students
in any of the above disciplines (most of Chaps. 5 through
12). After completing this course, the student should
be familiar with the more advanced methodological issues
involved in a simulation study, and should be prepared
to understand and conduct simulation research. |
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An introduction to simulation as part of a general
course in operations research or management science (part
of Chaps. 1, 3, 5, 6, and 9). |
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
- July 21, 2006
Hardcover; 768 pages
ISBN-10: 0073294411
ISBN-13: 978-0073294414
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Simulationstechnik |
| Dr. Ulrich Kramer & Dr.
Mihaela Neculau |
German
book on simulation, modeling, and analysis techniques.
Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über
die Computersimulation und deren Anwendungen. Auf der mitgelieferten
CD finden sich Simulationsbeispiele, die sich auf verschiedene
technische, ökologische und ökonomische Anwendungen
beziehen. Außerdem können die Beispiele teilweise
zum Experimentieren mit Demonstrationssoftware verschiedener
Hersteller von Simulationswerkzeugen genutzt werden. Das
Werk wendet sich an Ingenieure und Wissenschaftler im Bereich
Planung, Forschung und Entwicklung sowie an Studierende aller
technischen Studiengänge.
Fachbuchverlag Leipzig - October
1, 1998
Hardcover; 374 pages
ISBN-10: 3446192352
ISBN-13: 978-3446192355
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