@article{441735,
      recid = {441735},
      author = {Brandimarte, Paolo.},
      title = {Quantitative methods: an introduction for business  management /},
      publisher = {Wiley,},
      address = {Hoboken, N.J. :},
      pages = {xxiv, 886 p. :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"This book consists of the following four parts:  Motivations and Foundations; Elementary Probability and  Statistics; Decision Making Models; and Advanced  Statistical Modeling. Part I is introductory, and an  initial chapter provides motivation for all of the  subsequent chapters by means of simple, but (hopefully)  well-thought, toy examples. The following two chapters lay  down necessary foundations in calculus and algebra. Part II  consists of a classical course in probability and  statistics, and the author stresses the use of many  examples and counter-examples. Part III addresses decision  making since probability and statistics are used to make  decisions. Deterministic models, i.e. typical LP models,  are introduced, and the emphasis is on modeling rather than  computation by the simplex method. Emphasis is also placed  on risk aversion and risk measures, and the author  illustrates portfolio management as a main motivator. Part  IV builds on Part II and discusses a few multivariate  analysis models. To help less mathematically inclined  readers, each chapter in Part IV contains an initial  section that illustrates and motivates each approach  without delving into too many details. These readers may  wish to skip the remainder of each chapter. The book's  companion Web site includes Microsoft Office Excel  workbooks to illustrate concepts. In addition, MATLAB  files, additional excercises with solutions are provided  online"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/441735},
}