Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis (with CD-ROM and Microsoft Project 2003 120 day version)


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  • Cliff Ragsdale

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Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis (with CD-ROM and Microsoft Project 2003 120 day version)
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starsSpreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis (with CD-ROM and Microsoft Project 2003 120 day version)
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starsA Good Book for Finance/IT majors
This book makes that what has specified in order to make: standards the modellistica of the electronic sheet. They are only on the third party understood it, but the author makes a good comprised job the instructions graduates them on like generating the models of vincita. The author is much moreover easy one to understand. Therefore if been going to make the optimization and to model in your job, highly I suggest this book.


starsGreat book, and includes @RISK
Ragsdale really renders the modellistica of the accessible electronic sheet to the situations in the atmosphere of transactions. It was a large good to mine coursework of MBA. Like student, free version of the student of the software of analysis of risk of pure @RISK has come with one.


starsGood practical text
A good book for those studying decision making techniques or as a reference for managers looking to upgrade their skills


starsDecision analysis
Excellent book; I am considering it as a textbook for a Managerial Sciences course. The examples are clear and real increasing the interest of the students.


starsGood book , worth to read
This book is designated as the textbook for our master's level management modeling class. The author concerntrated on the application of Microsoft Solver to solve various of optimazation problems that we freqently faced in the real business opreations. Overall, this is good book for entry-level management modeling study.


starsWell Written, Clear, and To The Point
Yes, this book is expensive. Yes, the topic is rather dry. But if you do not preview the dry topic, than what been making graduated school? I do not have natural talent in the analysis, particularly when that analysis is involved the mathematics. This book, while rendering it affinchè me particularly easy they do not understand modellistica and decision analysis, sure facilitated the process to learn to understand it. The style of writing of the Ragsdale is directed E-$$$-PUNTO. I have introduced the additional advantage of taken of the this code category from Dr. Ragsdale. Its style to speak sends back to its style of writing. Every phrase follows the other logically, so as to the student easy does not go to the drift or he does not obtain lost. Is this picked handbook an easy one? Not especially. But it is for a code category of the laure-level, so as to the easy reading would not have to be previewed. This book promotes to understand and to learn? Absolutely.


starsSolid text that really teaches decision analysis
Since Lotus 1-2-3 burst onto the scene almost thirty years ago, spreadsheet software has been a vital tool in aiding business decision-making. There are many books offering instruction in learning to use a spreadsheet. Some books promise to teach business processes but end up delivering a course on basic spreadsheeting with only a passing nod to the business processes the student was expecting to learn.

This fine book actually delivers the goods. First and foremost, it is a solid text on decision analysis in business management. It teaches the student on how to model optimization problems and solve them using linear programming. It covers sensitivity analysis and the simplex method, network modeling, integer linear programming, goal programming and multiple objective optimization, non-linear programming and evolutionary optimization, regression analysis, discriminant analysis, time series forecasting, introduces simulation, queuing theory, project management, and concludes with a chapter devoted to decision analysis. This final chapter covers both probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods, the expected value of imperfect information, decision trees, analyzing risk in a decision tree, computing conditional probabilities, and finally, utility theory.

What is wonderfully useful about this book is that it teaches these important principles of business decision making by turning them into practical tools using Excel spreadsheets. It not only shows the reader (student) how to build the spreadsheet, it also does the important task of teaching the WHY of the tool, not just the how.

It is clearly written, is laid out logically, and comes across as supportive of the student trying to learn this material.

Included in this book are 2 CDs. Included are: an advanced Solver, a 140 day trial of the Crystal Ball software, which will limit your use of it to the term you first study the material, but won't be of use to you unless you buy the software. The same goes for the 120-day trial of Microsoft Project. It is great to be introduced to these tools, but once you have invested time learning them, you will need to make other investments to keep using them. This is OK with me; I just think you ought to know that up front.

I think this is a fine text and could be the foundation of a very useful course.


starsThis book is a great Sleeping aid
I was required to buy this book for a first year MBA course, and i found myself unable to stay awake for more than one page at a time. Not so much the author but the subject matter is enough to make one comatosed.


starsA truly excellent book
Ragsdale is a true master not only of spreadsheet modeling, but also of explaining complex things simple and understandable. More textbooks should have such a high quality.


starsBest MBA Level Book on Optimization
This book was a handbook for the first code demanded category of search of operations of MBA of year to Berkeley. I have rinunziato to the code category, but I have bought the book however and still occasionally I refer like necessary state. Ragsdale makes a job excellent that it explains like installing and resolving the problems of search of operations in MS eccella.


starsBook was very informative and useful
The book was large but I could not believe the price when I have seen it. I can obtain the same book for approximately $20 more than less. In any case thanks!


starsGood but...
Knowledge in Operations Research is needed for the readers.



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