Simulation Modeling Using @RISK
(Updated for Version 4)
by Wayne L. Winston, (2001)

Publisher: International Thompson
ISBN: 0-534-38059X
Pages: 230 pages
Price: £35.99 + p&p

Contents

Table of Contents
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Table of Contents

Preface

1. What Is Simulation?

2. Random Numbers -The Building Blocks of Simulation Problems

3. Using Spreadsheets to Perform Simulations

4. An Introduction to @RISK

5. Generating Normal Random Variables

6. Applications of Simulation to Corporate Financial Planning

7. Simulating a Cash Budget

8. A Simulation Approach to Capacity Planning

9. Simulation and Bidding

10. Deming's Funnel Experiment

11. The Taguchi Loss Functions

12. The Use of Simulation on Project Management

13. Simulating Craps (and Other Games)

14. Using Simulation to Determine Optimal Maintenance Policies

15. Using the Weibull Distribution to Model Machine Life

16. Simulating Stock Prices and Options

17. Pricing Path-Dependent and Exotic Options

18. Using Immunization to Manage Interest Rate Risk

19. Hedging with Futures

20. Modeling Market Share

21. Generating Correlated Variables: Designing a New Product

22. Simulating Sampling Plans with the Hypergeometric Distribution

23. Simulating Inventory Models

24. Simulating a Single-Server Queuing System