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Part 2 book “Introduction to management science” has contents: Project management, nonlinear programming, nonlinear programming, decision analysis, queuing analysis, simulation, forecasting, inventory management, multicriteria decision making. | Chapter 8 Project Management 366 The Elements of Project Management     367 One of the most popular uses of networks is for project analysis. Such projects as the construction of a building, the development of a drug, or the installation of a computer system can be represented as networks. These networks illustrate the way in which the parts of the project are organized, and they can be used to determine the time duration of the projects. The network techniques that are used for project analysis are CPM and PERT. CPM stands for critical path method, and PERT is an acronym for project evaluation and review technique. These two techniques are very similar. There were originally two primary differences between CPM and PERT. With CPM, a single, or deterministic, estimate for activity time was used, whereas with PERT probabilistic time estimates were employed. The other difference was related to the mechanics of drawing the project network. In PERT, activities were represented as arcs, or arrowed lines, between two nodes, or circles, whereas in CPM, activities were represented as the nodes or circles. However, these were minor differences, and over time CPM and PERT have been effectively merged into a single technique, conventionally referred to as simply CPM/PERT. CPM and PERT were developed at approximately the same time (although independently) during the late 1950s. The fact that they have already been so frequently and widely applied attests to their value as management science techniques. The Elements of Project Management Management is generally perceived to be concerned with the planning, organization, and control of an ongoing process or activity such as the production of a product or delivery of a service. Project management is different in that it reflects a commitment of resources and people to a typically important activity for a relatively short time frame, after which the management effort is dissolved.

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• Management science
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• Nonlinear programming
• Nonlinear programming
• Decision analysis
• Queuing analysis
• Management science with spreadsheets
• Deterministic decision models
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• Applications of management science
• Excel spreadsheets
• Management thought
• Evolution of management thought
• Ideas in management
• Management theory
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• Linear programming
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• Integer programming
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• Network optimization models
• Differential arithmetic
• Multicriteria decision
• Making models
• Decision theory
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• Waiting line models
• Poisson distribution
• Fixed Interval simulations
• Discrete simulations
• An introduction to management science
• Advanced linear programming applications
• Integer linear programming
• Markov processes
• Nonlinear optimization models
• Inventory models