Systems Analysis

Rational and methodical, systems analysis has been used successfully by business, industry, and research organizations. This new edition employs basic elements from the business world to show users how to apply systems analysis effectively to any library setting. Updating Osborne and Nakamura's prev... More

This Ninth Edition of this best-selling text maintains the focus on the application of mathematical models in decision making. Emphasis is placed on model building and computer applications so that students see how these models are used in business today. The only mathematical prerequisite for this ... More

Data mining can be defined as the process of selection, exploration and modelling of large databases, in order to discover models and patterns. The increasing availability of data in the current information society has led to the need for valid tools for its modelling and analysis. Data mining and a... More

A revised and expanded advanced-undergraduate/graduate text (first ed., 1978) about optimization algorithms for problems that can be formulated on graphs and networks. This edition provides many new applications and algorithms while maintaining the classic foundations on which contemporary algorithm... More

Emerging business models, value configurations, and information technologies interact over time to create competitive advantage. Modern information technology has to be studied, understood, and applied along the time dimension of months and years, where changes are the rule. Such changes created by ... More

Prentice Hall Decision Science has a long history of publishing market-defining, leading- edge textbooks. This proud tradition continues with this exciting new edition of Balakrishnan/Render/Stair's Managerial Decision Modeling with Spreadsheets, 2nd Edition. In this spreadsheet modeling text the au... More

An updated demonstration of the application of motion and time study to the design and measurement of work and industrial problem-solving. Illustrations and practical examples show how motion and time study can increase productivity, improve equipment utilization, conserve materials and energy, redu... More

Strategic Business Analysis shows students how to carry out a strategic analysis of a business,with clear guidelines on where and how to apply the core strategic techniques and models that are the integral tools of strategic management. The authors identify the key questions in strategic analysis an... More

New Page 1 Your job as an auditing or security professional encompasses much more than reviewing computerized business applications. Management relies on you to asses the adequacy of controls and securities in automated applications, analyze and interpret the electronic evidence and imp... More

This is a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the integration of mathematical programming into financial planning and management. The literature and techniques in financial planning and manage... More