Quantitative Methods: An Introduction for Business Management

Index

σ-field, 344, 347

absolute loss, 712

absolute value, 482, 628

acceptance region, 406

ACF, see autocorrelation, function

adjoint (of a matrix), 173

affine

combination, 157

function, 65, 82, 479, 586, 590, 606

transformation, 522, 705

Albert Einstein, 487

algebra of sets, 344

alternative hypothesis, 500

analysis of variance, 436, 506

one-way, 436

two-way, 436, 440

ANOVA, see analysis of variance

anticipation function, 646

antiderivative, 123

AR, see autoregressive, process

arbitrage opportunity, 39, 136, 167

arc, 624

ARIMA, see autoregressive, integrated moving-average process

ARMA, see autoregressive, moving-average process

arrival rate, 339

assembly to order, 611, 721

assembly-to-order, 721

asset-liability management, 730

association

linear, 362, 485

vs. causation, 431, 478, 488

asymptotic distribution, 518

ATO, see assembly to order

autocorrelation, 509, 511, 738

function, 562, 565, 578

autocorrelogram, 563

autocovariance, 562

autoregressive

integrated moving-average process, 561

moving-average process, 570

process, 561, 566

average, 18

axiomatic approach (to probabilities), 233, 238, 785

backshift operator, 574

backsubstitution, 144

bar chart, 204

baseline demand, 538

basis (of a linear space), 169

batching (in Monte Carlo simulation), 398

battle of the sexes, 771

Bayes, 233

Bayes' theorem, 249, 787

Bayesian

estimation, 786

framework, 389, 399

learning, 788

statistics, 27, 251, 384, 786

Bernoulli, 235

distribution, 278

Jacob, 233

population, 390, 422

random variable,