Written for students with a background in algebra‎,‎ this text provides a complete and modern treatment of basic management science methodology‎.‎ The authors survey the variety and power of management science tools‎,‎ working to alleviate students‎'‎ apprehension about the subject and to enable students to recognize on‎-the‎-job situations in which management science methodology can be successfully employed‎.‎ Emphasizing modeling skills for students of varying mathematical backgrounds‎,‎ the authors explain how to use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to build skills as they work through problems‎.‎ In general‎,‎ problems are broken into several parts to make difficult concepts easy for students to learn‎.‎ This book‎'‎s modular structure affords instructors maximum flexibility‎.‎ This text contains a special student version of Palisade Corporation‎'‎s DecisionTools Suite‎,‎ containing @Risk‎,‎ PrecisionTree‎,‎ BestFit‎,‎ TopRank and RiskView‎.‎ This software is expressly provided for student use and requires student authorization to unlock the software for its full one year license‎.‎ Professional customers may use the software for 30 days at which point they must contact Palisade Corporation for a professional version should they wish to continue using the software‎.‎