Spreadsheet Modeling & Decision Analysis: A Practical Introduction to Management Science (with Essential Resources Printed Access Card) 6th Edition

Finally a textbook that is straightforward, helpful, and well equipped with supplemental tools for students. Although Decision Analysis courses tend to scare business students who are uncomfortable with math and MS Excel, I found this textbook to aid in the understanding of crucial methods.

Great book and well worth the price!Completely made supply chain easy for me! Even for people like me who had never done linear or network programming before, I am now an expert thanks to a great book and a great prof!

Book - Five StarsAn excellent reference / textbook for Graduate / Doctorial Students wishing to master mathematical programming and the manipulation of the Excel Solver program. Very good explanations of the background material, with detailed "How to" guidelines and examples. A plethora of examples. However, no selected solutions (answers) are provided for the student wishing to do additional problems.CD ROM - (Adveritsed by Amazon as Hard CD ROM, not Accessible....) Zero StarsThis book was optional at my University, mostly due to price. Amazon advertised and verbally assured me it came with a Hard CD-ROM - not true. Major bad for Amazon knowledge of their product. Without the required codes, to be provided by professors using the book as a primary text, I was unable to access the electronic material, for which I had paid. The provider, EngageBrain, website / automated process was little to no help and I gave up under time constraints. However, I kept the book because it was an excellent reference and most helpful.Beware if your Professor doesn't have the codes or if you wish to buy it as an "independent." The access also has a time limit - very, very uncool.

I received the order faster than I thought. The "used" book I ordered was in an excellent condition, honestly, actually saying that it was a brand new book. so I saved a bundle than my classmates who have purchased new books from school bookstore or other places.

I suppose this might get a higher rating if I had actually needed it. It was more supplemental. I am versed in excel to a well enough degree to not need this. Then there was the issue of trying to return this. I guess the time had lapsed by the time I contacted the sellers, who rejected my request to return. The good news is I'll be done with this racket called our higher education system soon enough. Thanks a lot for taking the return...NOT!!! All in all a nice weight in my backpack, which I am wise to leave behind to look at on my desk as a paper weight.

Required textbook for a class. Condition was good, price was ok, but the shipping seemed to take a while. I was hoping it would have come sooner. Overall satisfied with the purchase.

Ok it's a textbook, how good can it be??? But seriously, if you write a textbook in our day and age, you better write a text that can stand alone. You need a ton of example problems and a lot of description. Why? Because the modern professor at the run of the mill university across the country has no clue how to teach. I'm using this text in a graduate level class, so I understand that it's up to me to go figure out this stuff and a greater burden is on me. I'm okay with that too. BUT, for a $250.00 textbook, you had better give me a LOT of example problems and spell everything out in much greater detail. This text expects a professor to "explain" stuff. The Introduction to Management Science by Hillier is a much better text. I actually hung onto it and us it to supplement this text. That's nuts, but it works!!

I really resented having to pay $200 for a textbook, but I must admit that the material is very useful and interesting. Some people in my class are using the previous edition (much cheaper) and they report very little difference from the new edition. The book is very well written - not nearly as dry as one would expect from the title. The author makes extensive use of hypothetical cases, which are relevant and easy to understand.