Problem-Solving
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Book description
Problem-solving and better thinking skills are among the top skills that employers are looking for. This book presents various methods of problem-solving that can be adapted to any field. It focuses on a set of a dozen new approaches with an ending result to finding better solutions to problems that you may have previously found difficult.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Author
- 1 The Nature of Problem-Solving
- 2 Thinking as a Corporate Culture
- 3 The Power of the Idea
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4 Approaches to Problem-Solving
- The “N step” Disciplines
- Technical Decomposition/Reductionist
- Modeling and Simulation
- Lateral Thinking and (Lateral) Problem-Solving
- Total Systems Intervention
- Generalized/Systems Approach
- Design Approach
- Expert Systems
- Definitive Mathematics and Statistics-Based Methods
- DoD-Suggested
- Decision Support Systems
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- Exercises
- References
- 5 Think Tanks and Problem-Solving
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6 Specific Problems and Their Solutions
- The Coin Weighing Problem
- Types of Algorithms
- The Kalman Filter
- The Minimum Computer Step Problem
- The Matchstick Problem
- The Efficient Message Coding Problem
- The River-Crossing Problem
- Parameter Dependency Diagramming
- An Optimal Search
- Laplace and Fourier Transforms
- Lagrange Multipliers
- Allocation of Requirements Errors
- A Walk in the Park
- Exercises
- References
- 7 Great Thinkers and Problem-Solvers
- 8 Artificial Intelligence
- 9 Group Problem-Solving
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10 Miscellany
- Innovation
- Innovation in Colleges and Companies
- America’s Innovation Strategy
- Problem-Solving Strategies
- Vision 2030
- DARPA
- The Eight Disciplines
- The Lemelson Center
- Military Design Thinking
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Grounded Theory
- Morphological Analysis
- The 2 × 2 Matrix
- Synectics
- Problem-Solving and Re-engineering
- Cost Effectiveness
- Cost Assessment Data Enterprise
- Measures of Effectiveness
- Leontief Model
- Commentary on Systems of Systems
- Problem-Solving by Reduced Clock Speed
- George Washington University Class Using “Thinking” as Textbook
- Exercises
- References
- 11 Summary
- Appendix A: A Dozen Additional Ways of Thinking
- Appendix B: Acronyms
- Index
Product information
- Title: Problem-Solving
- Author(s): Howard Eisner
- Release date: June 2021
- Publisher(s): CRC Press
- ISBN: 9781000396003
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