TY  - BOOK
AU  - Powell John,
TI  - Quantitative Decision Making
SN  - 0582355451
U1  - 658 19
PY  - 1982///
CY  - Harlow
PB  - Longman Group Limited
N1  - 
Table of contents
1. In the beginning 1
Part I The raw materials for decisions
2. Using published data sources 5
3. Primary data collection 13
4. The presentation of data 26
5. Frequency distributions and central tendency 44
6. Measures of spread 57
Part II Uncertainty in decisions
7. Probability and decision trees 69
8. Taking samples (1): The Binomial distribution 85
9. Taking samples (2): The normal distribution 95
10 Using the normal distribution 107
Part III Time in decisions 
11. the use of index numbers 119 
12. Forecasting methods 132
Part IV optimizing decisions
13. Operational research and model building 148
14. network analysis 154
15. Blending 170
16. the transportation technique 179
17 Simulation 197
18. At the end 211
Appendix a table of binomial coefficients 213
Appendix B table of standard normal curve areas 214
Glossary 216
index 222 










includes bibliographic references and index
ER  -