TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pidd, Michael.
TI  - Tools for thinking: modelling in management science 
SN  - 9780470721421 (pbk.)
U1  - 658.40352 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Problem solving
KW  -  Simulation methods
KW  - Management science
KW  - Decision making
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -