Pidd, Michael. <br/><br/>
Tools for thinking :  modelling in management science / 
Michael Pidd. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  Wiley,  2010. 
 - 292p.24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Models as convenient worlds -- Management science : making sense of strategic vision -- Problems, problems -- Some principles of modelling -- Soft systems methodology -- Cognitive mapping, SODA and journey making -- System dynamics -- Decision analysis -- Optimization modelling : linear programming -- Computer simulation--visual interactive modelling and Monte Carlo simulation -- Heuristic search -- Model assessment and validation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470721421 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Problem solving -- Simulation methods.<br/>Management science -- Simulation methods.<br/>Decision making -- Simulation methods.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.40352  / PID [ Shelf 79]