TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 3 LINEAR PROGRAMMING: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
AND INTERPRETATION OF SOLUTION
CHAPTER 4 LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 5 LINEAR PROGRAMMING: THE SIMPLEX METHOD
CHAPTER 6 SIMPLEX-BASED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND DUALITY
CHAPTER 7 TRANSPORTATION, ASSIGNMENT,
AND TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 8 INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 9 NETWORK MODELS
,CHAPTER 10 PROJECT SCHEDULING: PERT/CPM
CHAPTER 11 INVENTORY MODELS
CHAPTER 12 WAITING LINE MODELS
CHAPTER 13 SIMULATION
CHAPTER 14 DECISION ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 15 MULTICRITERIA DECISIONS
CHAPTER 16 FORECASTING
CHAPTER 17 MARKOV PROCESSES
CHAPTER 18 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
, 1
Introduction
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The field of management science
a. concentrates on the use of quantitative methods to assist in decision making.
b. approaches decision making rationally, with techniques based on the
scientific method.
c. is another name for decision science and for operations research.
d. each of the above is true.
ANSWER: d
TOPIC: Introduction
2. Identification and definition of a problem
a. cannot be done until alternatives are proposed.
b. is the first step of decision making.
c. is the final step of problem solving.
d. requires consideration of multiple criteria.
ANSWER: b
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
, 3. Decision alternatives
a. should be identified before decision criteria are established.
b. are limited to quantitative solutions
c. are evaluated as a part of the problem definition stage.
d. are best generated by brain-storming.
ANSWER: a
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
4. Decision criteria
a. are the choices faced by the decision maker.
b. are the problems faced by the decision maker.
c. are the ways to evaluate the choices faced by the decision
maker.
d. must be unique for a problem.
ANSWER: c
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
5. In a multicriteria decision problem
a. it is impossible to select a single decision alternative.
b. the decision maker must evaluate each alternative with respect to each
criterion.
c. successive decisions must be made over time.
d. each of the above is true.
ANSWER: b
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
6. The quantitative analysis approach requires
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 3 LINEAR PROGRAMMING: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
AND INTERPRETATION OF SOLUTION
CHAPTER 4 LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 5 LINEAR PROGRAMMING: THE SIMPLEX METHOD
CHAPTER 6 SIMPLEX-BASED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND DUALITY
CHAPTER 7 TRANSPORTATION, ASSIGNMENT,
AND TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 8 INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 9 NETWORK MODELS
,CHAPTER 10 PROJECT SCHEDULING: PERT/CPM
CHAPTER 11 INVENTORY MODELS
CHAPTER 12 WAITING LINE MODELS
CHAPTER 13 SIMULATION
CHAPTER 14 DECISION ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 15 MULTICRITERIA DECISIONS
CHAPTER 16 FORECASTING
CHAPTER 17 MARKOV PROCESSES
CHAPTER 18 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
, 1
Introduction
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The field of management science
a. concentrates on the use of quantitative methods to assist in decision making.
b. approaches decision making rationally, with techniques based on the
scientific method.
c. is another name for decision science and for operations research.
d. each of the above is true.
ANSWER: d
TOPIC: Introduction
2. Identification and definition of a problem
a. cannot be done until alternatives are proposed.
b. is the first step of decision making.
c. is the final step of problem solving.
d. requires consideration of multiple criteria.
ANSWER: b
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
, 3. Decision alternatives
a. should be identified before decision criteria are established.
b. are limited to quantitative solutions
c. are evaluated as a part of the problem definition stage.
d. are best generated by brain-storming.
ANSWER: a
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
4. Decision criteria
a. are the choices faced by the decision maker.
b. are the problems faced by the decision maker.
c. are the ways to evaluate the choices faced by the decision
maker.
d. must be unique for a problem.
ANSWER: c
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
5. In a multicriteria decision problem
a. it is impossible to select a single decision alternative.
b. the decision maker must evaluate each alternative with respect to each
criterion.
c. successive decisions must be made over time.
d. each of the above is true.
ANSWER: b
TOPIC: Problem solving and decision making
6. The quantitative analysis approach requires
