'Spreadsheet modeling and decision analysis' provides instruction in the most commonly used management science technique s, and shows how these tools can be implemented using Microsoft Excel for Windows. This market leading text also focuses on developing both algebraic and spreadsheet modeling skills. This book contains - Introduction to modeling and decision analysis; Introduction to optimization and linear programming; Modeling and solving LP problems in a spreadsheet; Sensitivity analysis and the simplex method; Network modeling; Integer linear programming; Goal Programming and multiple objective optimization; Nonlinear programming and evolutionary optimization; Regression analysis; Discriminant analysis; Time series forecasting; Introduction to simulation using crystal ball; Queuing theory; Project management; and Decision analysis.