NEW FEATURES IN THIS EDITION
1.Substantial revision of Chapter 1
2.A new section introduces risk solver platform for education(RSPE)
3.Parameter analysis reports are introduced and widely used.
4.Chapter 8 is revised to better identify the available Solving methods for nonlinear programming.
5.A new section on using RSPE to analyze a model and choose a solving method.
6.A substantial revision of Chapter 9(Decision analysis).
7.A key revision of the first computer simulation chapter.
8.A major revision of the second computer simulation chapter.
9.A new section on decision making with computer simulations.
10.A new section on optimizing with computer simulations.
11.Additional links to articles that describe dramatic real applications.
12.Refinements in each chapter.