Introduction to Simulation and Risk Analysis

by James R. Evans, David L. Olson

Focusing on simulation in risk analysis and systems simulation, this textbook introduces the concepts, methodologies, and applications of simulation in business. Chapters cover the use of Excel, probability and statistics, the use of Crystal Ball, applications of risk analysis, system simulation models, output analysis and experimentation, ProcessModel, applications of systems simulation, and forecasting and optimization. Evans teaches at the University of Cincinnati. Olson teaches at the University of Nebraska. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

392 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Dr. James Evans is licensed in clinical and school psychology. Following graduation with a bachelor's degree in education, and a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he taught in a public high school. Later he earned a master's degree in psychology. After working for three years at a state hospital and a county mental health center, he attended Peabody College of Vanderbilt University where he received a Ph.D. degree in psychology. He was on the faculty of the Psychology Department at the University of South Carolina for thirty years, and is retired from that position. He has completed postdoctoral work in neuropsychology at the University of California at San Francisco, the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. For over thirty years he also has maintained a successful private practice involving working with children and adults in hospital, school, prison, and private office settings. He has expertise in psychological, neuropsychological and psychoeducational assessment, as well as years of experience in psychotherapy and neurotherapy.. He is the author of thirty-five journal articles and five book chapters, and editor or co-editor of eight psychology-related books, including Rhythm in Psychological, Linguistic and Musical Processes, published in 1986. Presently he is self-employed as a psychologist at the Sterlingworth Center in Greenville, SC.