This widely-adopted text presents an accessible introduction to the techniques and applications of management science. It is designed to make the subject easily understandable and interesting for students with limited mathematical backgrounds or skills. The author focuses on management science not only as a collection of techniques and processes, but as a philosophy and method for approaching problems in a logical manner. It includes spreadsheets with solutions in every chapter, and many examples of how to solve management science models on the computer INDICE 1. Management Science 2. Linear Programming: Model Formulation and Graphical Solution 3. Linear Programming: Computer Solution and Sensitivity Analysis 4. Linear Programming: Modeling Examples 5. Integer Programming 6. Transportation, Transshipment, and Assignment Problems 7. Network Flow Models 8. Project Management 9. Multicriteria Decision Making 10. Nonlinear Programming 11. Probability and Statistics 12. Decision Analysis 13. Queuing Analysis 14. Simulation 15. Forecasting 16. Inventory Management