Introduction to Management Science (10th Edition)

Index

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Backward pass

Bad debt example [See debt example]

Balanced transportation problem 2nd

Bank of America

Bar chart

Basic feasible solution 2nd 3rd

Basic variables

Battle of Britain

Bayes, Thomas

Bayes's rule

Bayesian analysis 2nd

Beer, Stafford

Bernoulli process

Beta distribution

        mean

        variance

Bias [See average error]

Binomial distribution

Blackett, P.M.S.

Blackett's Circus

Blend example (linear programming)

Bolder Boulder (10-K race)

Booz, Allen, Hamilton

Branch and bound method 2nd

Branches 2nd 3rd

Brand-switching problem

Break-even analysis 2nd 3rd

        Excel 2nd

        Excel QM

        fixed costs 2nd

        graphical solution

        profit 2nd

        profit analysis

        QM for Windows 2nd

        simulation

        total cost

        variable costs

        volume 2nd 3rd

Break-even point

Break-even volume

Buffer stock

Bush, Vannevar