"Now in its third edition, Management Science helps business professionals gain the essential skills needed to develop real expertise in business modeling. The biggest change in the book is the conversion of software from Crystal Ball to Risk Solver to reflect changes in the field. More coverage...

Introduction -- Modeling in a problem-solving framework -- Spreadsheet engineering -- Analysis using spreadsheets -- Data exploration and preparation -- Classification and prediction methods -- Short-term forecasting -- Nonlinear optimization -- Linear optimization -- Optimization of network...