| Edition |
Seventh edition. |
| Description |
xii, 894 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Note |
By the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Management science. Urban services ; Business efficiency ; Panning and scheduling ; Linear programming -- Statistics : the science of data. Exploring data : distributions ; Exploring data : relationships ; Data for decisions ; Probability : the mathematics of chance -- Voting and social choice. Social choice : the impossible dream ; The manipulability of voting systems ; Weighted voting systems ; Electing the president -- Fairness and game theory. Fair division ; Apportionment ; Game theory : the mathematics of competition -- The digital revolution. Identification numbers ; Information science -- On size and growth. Growth and form ; Symmetry and patterns ; Tilings -- Your money and resources. Savings models ; Borrowing models ; The economics of resources. |
| Subject |
Mathematics.
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Mathematical readiness.
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| Added Author |
Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
0716769018 paperback |
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9780716769019 paperback |
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0716759659 hardback |
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9780716759652 hardback |
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