550.251 Mathematical Models for Decision Making:
Deterministic Models
Spring 2012

• The course text is by Lawrence, John A., Jr and Barry A. Pasternack.   Applied Management Science: Modeling, Spreadsheet Analysis, and Communication for Decision Making, 2002 (2nd edition) ISBN: 0-471-39190-5.
• If your calculus skills are rusty, please consider purchasing Edward Dowling's Schaum's Outline of Mathematical Methods for Business and Economics, 2009, ISBN: 978-0071635325
• Instructions on using Excel to solve LPs, ILPs, and NLPs are available on the notes page.
• You can get the templates, additional chapters, and supplements (from the CD) here.

Notes and Handouts