Daily unloading rate variable, 476
Dantzig, George D., 239
Data Analysis add-in, 11, 122
Data envelopment analysis (DEA), 309
Day, Jason, 486
Decision analysis utility theory, 86–91
Decision making
automating process,
centralized system, 191
under certainty, 65–69
decision trees, 77–82
group, 148
and minimization, 73–75
model, 64, 148
probability concepts and, 26–27
under risk, 65, 69–75
six stpng in, 63–65
types of, 65
under uncertainty, 65, 66–69, 90
utility criterion, 88–91
Decision nodes, 77
Decision points, 77
Decisions, good and bad, 63
Decision table, 64, 65
Decision theory, 63
alternatives, 64, 65, 78
analyzing problems, 75–77
conditional probabilities, 78
decision making, 82
decision trees, , 77–82
expected monetary value (EMV), 69–70, 79–81
expected value of sample information (EVSI), 81–82
and Ford Motor Company, 63, 69
lottery ticket, 86
models, 64, 65
possible outcomes and alternatives, 64, 65, 78–81
posterior probabilities, 78
sample information efficiency, 82
sensitivity analysis, 72–73
sequential decisions, 78–82
state-of-nature nodes, 77
Decision tree analysis, 77–82
Decision variables, , 241, 328, 472. See also Controllable variables
Decomposition method, 167–170
Decoupling function, 186
Defects and control charts, 539–540
Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC), 534
Degrees of freedom, 44–46
Delivery lag, 472
Delivery time, 194
Delphi method, 23, 148
Demand, 190, 320, 323
dependent, 214–219
fluctuating, 155, 205, 472
inventory, 189
inventory modeling, 13–14
irregular, 187
lead time, 205–206
single time period, 209–214
Demand constraints, 320
Deming, W. Edwards, 530
Department of Agriculture, operations research, 12
Department of Commerce finite population model, 444–445
Dependent demand, 214–219
Dependent events, 26
Dependent selections and 0–1 (binary) variables, 365
Dependent variables, 111, 113, 128
Descriptive analytics, ,
Deseasonalized data, 165
Destinations, 320, 322, 327, 330
Deterministic assumptions, 264
Deterministic models,
Deviation, 114, 115, 151. See also Errors, forecast
Deviational variables, 369
Diet problem, 239, 305–306
Direct measurement,
Disaster response research,
Discrete distributions, 210
Discrete probability distribution, 32–34
Discrete random variables, 31, 32
Disney World forecasting, 175
“Distribution of a Product from Several Sources to Numerous Locations, The” (Hitchcock), 324
Divisibility assumption, 238, 239
DMEP. See Dual Mode Equipment Procedure (DMEP)
Dodge, H. F., 530
Drawing cards, 26
Drexel Corp., 295
Dual Mode Equipment Procedure (DMEP), 470
Dual price, 270
Dummy variables. See Binary variables
DuPont, 388
Dynamic Car-Planning (DCP) system,