TY - BOOK AU - Waters,C.D.J. TI - Quantitative methods for business SN - 027364694X (pbk.) AV - HD30.25 .W384 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Financial Times/Prentice Hall KW - Industrial management KW - Mathematical models KW - Decision making N1 - PART I BACKGROUND TO QUANTITATIVE METHODS 1. Numbers and managers 2. Tools for quantitative methods PART II DATA COLLECTION AND DESCRIPTION: 3. Collecting data 4. Using diagrams to present data 5. Using numbers to describe data 6. Describing changes with index numbers PART III SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS 7. Calculations with money 8. Relating variables by regression 9. Business forecasting 10. Using matrices to solve equations 11. Planning with linear programming 12. Using calculus to describe changes PART IV BUSINESS STATISTICS 13. Uncertainty and probabilities 14. Probability distributions 15. Using samples in business 16. Testing hypotheses PART V 17. Analysing business decisions 18. Controlling stocks 19. Planning projects with networks 20. Queues and simulation Appendices ER -