New Decision-Making Tools for Managers: Mathematical Programming as an Aid in the Solving of Business Problems By Edward C. Bursk and John F. Chapman and Harvard Business Review editors

Today's new mathematical procedures make it possible for management to solve a wide variety of business problems faster, more easily, and more accurately than ever before. In this comprehensive volume the editors of the Harvard Business Review present 17 carefully organized seminars by top management experts who explain all the basic facts needed for a precise understanding of these new methods—in theory and in practical application. They define what the new methods are; they compare them with more familiar decision-making tools; and they show exactly how they can be used to solve specific distribution, sales, marketing, and production problems.