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Tables of Contents for For All Practical Purposes
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
 
Credits
vi
 
Part I Management Science
Street Networks
1
8
Visiting Vertices
9
10
Planning and Scheduling
19
10
Linear Programming
29
10
Part II Statistics: The Science of Data
Producing Data
39
8
Describing Data
47
10
Probability: The Mathematics of Chance
57
10
Statistical Inference
67
8
Part III Coding Information
Identification Numbers
75
6
Transmitting Information
81
4
Part IV Social Choice and Decision Making
Social Choice: The Impossible Dream
85
10
Weighted Voting Systems
95
8
Fair Division
103
8
Apportionment
111
8
Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition
119
12
Theory of Moves: A Dynamic Approach to Games
131
8
Part V On Size and Shape
Growth and Form
139
8
Geometric Growth
147
10
New Geometries for a New Universe
157
8
Symmetry and Patterns
165
8
Tiling
173
9
Answers to Pop Quizzes
182