TY - BOOK AU - Evans,James R. AU - Olson,David Louis TI - Introduction to simulation and risk analysis SN - 0136216080 AV - HD30.213 U1 - 658.4/03/002855369 PY - 1998/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Decision making KW - Computer simulation KW - Decision support systems KW - Business KW - Electronic spreadsheets N1 - Microsoft Excel is used throughout the book and the Excel add-in, Crystal Ball, is introduced as an alternative; A student version of the Crystal Ball software is included with this book; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Crystal Ball Software and Excel Example Files -- Ch. 1. Introduction to Simulation -- Ch. 2. Simulation on Spreadsheets -- Ch. 3. Probability and Statistics in Simulation -- Ch. 4. Risk Analysis Using Crystal Ball -- Ch. 5. Applications of Risk Analysis -- Ch. 6. Building System Simulation Models -- Ch. 7. Event-Driven Simulation, Continuous Simulation Modeling, and Commercial Software -- Ch. 8. Output Analysis and Experimentation for Systems Simulation -- Ch. 9. Applications of Systems Simulation -- App. A. Normal Distribution -- App. B. t Distribution -- App. C. Chi-Square Limits -- App. D. Kolmogorov-Smirnov Limits ER -