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Volume 32, Issue 1
1 February 1994
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Research Article| February 01 1994

Queues and the Power of Simulation: Helping with Business Decisions and Problems Available to Purchase

Robert A. Proctor
Robert A. Proctor
Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the Department of Management, Keele University, UK.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6070
Print ISSN: 0025-1747
© MCB UP Limited
1994
Management Decision (1994) 32 (1): 50–55.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00251749410050633

Considers computer simulation as a method for studying the behaviour of business systems under a variety of assumed conditions for analysing the simultaneous interaction of many variables to produce valuable insights into problems. Looks at how simulations can help to provide answers to complex decisions and problems which cannot be solved by conventional methods.

Keywords:
Business planning, Computer simulation, Management education, Management Information Systems, Modelling, Queuing, Simulation, Supermarkets
© MCB UP Limited
1994
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