Introduction to Business Analytics Using Simulation

Presents decision analysis and simulation strategies, providing students with a definitive understanding of probability and statistics

Jonathan P. Pinder (Author)

9780323917179

Paperback / softback, published 13 July 2022

512 pages
23.5 x 19 x 3.2 cm, 1.04 kg

Introduction to Business Analytics Using Simulation, Second Edition employs an innovative strategy to teach business analytics. The book uses simulation modeling and analysis as mechanisms to introduce and link predictive and prescriptive modeling. Because managers can't fully assess what will happen in the future, but must still make decisions, the book treats uncertainty as an essential element in decision-making. Its use of simulation gives readers a superior way of analyzing past data, understanding an uncertain future, and optimizing results to select the best decision. With its focus on uncertainty and variability, this book provides a comprehensive foundation for business analytics.

1. Business Analytics is Making Decisions
2. Decision Trees
3. Decision-Making and Simulation
4. Probability: Measuring Uncertainty
5. Subjective Probability Distributions
6. Empirical Probability Distributions
7. Theoretical Probability Distributions
8. Simulation Accuracy: Central Limit Theorem and Sampling
9. Simulation Fit and Significance: Chi-Square and ANOVA
10. Regression
11. Forecasting
12. Constrained Linear Optimization

Subject Areas: Economics [KC]