Ping Wang, Ph.D., James Madison University

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  Lecture Notes Videos Excel
  Excel Tutorial Blackboard Access Video Atomic Learning
1. Overview Course Syllabus & video    
0. Breakeven Analysis Breakeven Analysis, What if, Data Table, P Q problems Ch1.htm (5 mins) analytic models, Breakeven by Cameron (6 mins) and by About.com (2.5 mins), Breakeven for Part S Part 1, One and Two Way Tables
       
1. Decision Analysis LectureDAReview.pdf  ipot and cancer examples: basic probabilities, prior, conditional, joint, and posterior probabilities DecisionSA.html (11:39 min) video: payoff table, Excel@ Data/What If/Data Table in sensitivity analysis Decision 1T1f08 / EVwSI
Chapter 15 in Ragsdale Text LectureDecisionhandout.pdf examples from text and summary of   LectureDecison.xlsx.

Examples: airport, Colonial Motors, Grant Proposal , iPot and Cancer

EVwoPI, EVPI, EVwSI, EVwoSI, EVSI, Efficiency, 

payoff tables, Decision Trees, Excel@ Data/What If/Data Table in sensitivity analysis

LectureDecison.xlsx- Computing posterior probabilities,  MaxiMAX, MiniMAX, MaxiMIN(pages 729 to 731), EMV, EVwPI,
  DecisionNotesSpr09.pdf Test 1 Fall 08 with examples of buyers, and selling ice cream versus soft drinks it covers both LectureDAReview.pdf for probability review and LectureDecisionhandout.pdf for decision anslysis Decision 2 T1Sum08
  DecisionNoteT1F08.pdf identified buyers &  compute posterior probabilities DAReviewSum.htm (5 mins) video on details of posterior probabilities in DecisionNoteT1F08.pdf  
    DAProbReview.htm (17 mins) video from first part of DecisionNotesT1F08.pdf  
  DAPack01Lump DecisionT1F08.htm (37 mins) video from second part of DecisionNotesT1F08.pdf or pages 32 to 36 to compute MV, EVwPI, EVwoPI, EVPI, EVwSI, EVwoSI, EVSI, and Efficiency using the selling ice cream versus soft drinks example
    DecisionTree.swf 10 min video to use treelan.xla for decision tree treeplan.xla: Excel@ add ins for Decision Trees
       
LP,  Optimization and Business Analytics     PremSolv or new versions for PC and Mac
LP Graphics notes LP Applications   LP lecture Excel@
2. Introduction to Modeling Algebra reviews & LP Graphic solutions.pdf algebra review and LP graphic solutions. Algebra Review (30 mins) LP graphic solution  
  LP Graphic solution & use of Solver.pdf LP graphic solution and use of solver. LP Graphic Solution and  Excel@ Solver (26 mins) video for LP Graphic solution & use of Solver LP Graphics.html (60 mins) video, long version of LP Graphic Solution
3. LP Sensitivity Analysis LP sensitivity analysis.pdf SA 1: LPSA.pptx(2).html (50 mins) video LP SA Notes (16 pages)Updated 3/2010, the rest are the same.
    SA 2: LPSALecture2.html (48 mins) video LP SA Lecture Example 3/2/10
LP and ILP models.pdf examples in Ch.3 up to Multi - periods Cash Flow Problem.  You may get Data Evolvement and Ch.6 for Integer LP here. ILP.html (70 mins) video Ch. 3 and Ch.6 of Integer LP
4. LP Modeling Applications   LP Inventory and Cash flow LPModelingProCash.html (67 mins) video  
5. Regression LectureRegression.pdf  regression, linear models, equations, hypothesis test for slope and intercept with p-values, confidence intervals, and select right models in multiple regression application Regression.swf (10 mins)  use Data/Data analysis/Regression to get Summary Output tables LectureRegression.xls and RegT1P1F08xls
  LectureRegressionSum.pdf is 5-page hand-written summary of regression in class lectures with sales versus advertisement expenditure and month RegTrend.swf (3 mins) to use Excel@ for regression,  including the use of =CORREL(), =INTERCEPT(), =SLOPE(), =RSQ(), and =TREND() Regression 1T1F08 & xls
  RegressionNotesSpr09.pdf is the hand written regression lecture with car sales versus week and interest rates RegTrend2.swf (3 mins) to use Excel@ for more of regression, including more on =TREND() Regression 2
       
6. Queuing or Waiting Line Models QueueSummary.pdf (by Visio) two pages to  summarize 95% of queuing models. LectureQueue.pdf JMU Bookstore, pg 9 to 11 for s >=2. Queue.xlsx
  msPack5QueueF8T2  and add some details in lecture
LectureQueueT2F08.htm (40 mins) video from LectureQueueT2F08.pdf to cover POISSION and EXPONENTIAL distributions, and M/M/1 and M/M/s queuing models. Q.xls try out M/M/1 model
  QueuingHandout.pdf questions in JMU Bookstore example, but no answers.  Queue.html (65 mins) is the video made during class with QueuingHandout.pdf and LectureQueue.pdf to.cover the same contents as LectureQueueT2F08.htm with different examples or applications, except, queue.html also covers M/G/s queue at the very end.
       
7. Simulation Visio-SIMChart.pdf one page summary   simlec.xls short examples to use  =VLOOKUP(), =NORMINV(), =IF(), =MIN(), =MAX(), =AVERAGE(), =COUNTIF() and MonteCarlito.
  SIM Lecture.pdf 29 pages   business logics, inventory and queuing. SIM.htm (31 mins): video for SIM Lecture.pdf.  
  Simulation models: detailed examples and answers in inventory and queuing. sim2.html (59 mins) video of class in fall 08, based on Simulation models LectureSIM.xlsx  examples used in lecture SIM Lecture.pdf and Simulation models
  Simulation Handout: abbreviated version of Simulation models    
  Required supplemental readings   MonteCarlito_v1_05.xls to make simulation real and easy
8. Forecasting FcstLecture.pdf - page 1 of the 19 pages - summary Fcst1.swf (12 mins) to cover ExcelTutor291.xls:  Forecast, Regression and Use of Solver ExcelTutor291.xls: SMA, WMA, EXP,  =SUMPRODUCT(), =AVERAGE(), =STDEV(), and =COUNT()
       
  Forecast 1 Problems / xls /answers - first part of FcstNotesSpr09.pdf. WMAwSolver.swf (3 mins): to find optimal weights with Excel Solver  =SUMPRODUCT() for WMA,  =SUMXMY2()/COUNT() for MSE
  Forecast 2 Problem - second part of FcstNotesSpr09.pdf. EXPwSolver.swf (3 mins): to use Excel@ to find optimal alpha (α)
=SUMXMY2()/COUNT() for MSE
  FcstNotesSpr09.pdf - Cars sold in T1F08 and Speeding Tickets in T1Sum08 with hand written and Excel solutions FcstLecture.pdf - 19 pages: SMA, WMA, EXP, MAD/MAE, MAPE, SSE, MSE, =SUMPRODUCT(), =SUMXMY2()/COUNT() Regression, Use of Solver to find optimal weights and alpha, etc.
       
  1.  A partial list of video for Management Science is here.

  2. (Thanks Cydney Fox for providing these) Here are some of the commands to use with excel for Mac's:
    To change the calculations to manual, you go to Excel at the top left hand corner, and thenPreferences, then click on calculation and then manual
    The F4 key on an Mac is Command "T"
    The F9 key on a Mac is Command "+="

     

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