| I. | Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Agribusiness Decisions | ||
| A. | Orientation | ||
| B. | Steps in Quantitative Analysis | ||
| C. | Models for Analysis of Cost, Revenue and Profit | ||
| D. | Use of Spreadsheets for Quantitative Analysis | ||
| II. | Linear Programming | ||
| A. | Introduction | ||
| 1. | Maximization Problem | ||
| 2. | Graphical Solution | ||
| 3. | Minimization Problem | ||
| 4. | Special Cases | ||
| B. | Sensitivity Analysis | ||
| 1. | Graphical Sensitivity | ||
| 2. | Spreadsheet Analysis | ||
| 3. | More than Two Decision Variables | ||
| C. | Applications | ||
| 1. | Marketing | ||
| 2. | Financial | ||
| 3. | Production Management | ||
| 4. | Blending | ||
| D. | Network Flow Problems | ||
| 1. | Transportation | ||
| 2. | Assignment | ||
| 3. | Transhipment | ||
| E. | Integer Linear Programming | ||
| 1. | Type | ||
| 2. | Graphical and Spreadsheet Solutions | ||
| 3. | Applications | ||
| III. | Other Quantitative Methods | ||
| A. | Queuing Theory | ||
| 1. | Structure | ||
| 2. | Single-Channel | ||
| 3. | Multiple Channel | ||
| 4. | Economic Analysis | ||
| 5. | Other Models | ||
| B. | Decision Analysis | ||
| 1. | Structure | ||
| 2. | With and Without Probabilities | ||
| 3. | With Sample Information | ||
| 4. | Multicriteria | ||
| C. | Regression | ||
| 1. | Regression | ||
| 2. | Time Series | ||
| D. | Forecasting | ||