Book Reviews

Ackoff, Russel L., Redesigning the Future, A Systems Approach to Societal Problems , John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1974---reviewed by Paul GrayAgapos, A. M., Government-Industry and Defense: Economics and Administration , University of Alabama Press, 1975, 184 pp., $9.50---reviewed by John C. HonigBeer, Stafford, Platform for Change, a Message from Stafford Beer , John Wiley and Sons, 1975, ($14.50 paper), 456 pp.---reviewed by Paul GrayBrophy, Peter, Michael K. Buckland, and Anthony Hindle (Editors). Reader in Operations Research for Libraries , Information Handling Services, 392 pp.---reviewed by Richard W. TrueswellChildress, Robert L., Fundamentals of Finite Mathematics , Prentice-Hall, 1976, 544 pp., $12.95---reviewed by Douglas C. MontgomeryDowling, William L., Hospital Production , Lexington, Mass., D.C. Heath and Company, 1976, 166 pp., $14.50---reviewed by Walton M. HancockEck, Roger D., Operations Research for Business , Wadsworth Publishing, Inc., 1976, 757 pp., $15.95---reviewed by Ted S. GlickmanFrancis, Richard L., and John A. White, Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach , Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974, 468 pp., $17.95---reviewed by Donald ErlenkotterIsaacson, D. L. and R. D. Madsen, Markov Chains: Theory and Application . John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1976, 256 pp.---reviewed by U. Narayan BhatLapin, L., Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1976, 770 pp.---reviewed by James R. EvansPipe, G. Russel, and A. A. M. Veenhuis, National Planning for Informatics in Developing Countries , North-Holland Publishing Co., 1976, 531 pp., $45.00---reviewed by Lutz ConradQuade, E. S., Analysis for Public Decisions . American Elsevier 1975, 322 pp, $17.00---reviewed by Peter KolesarRamalingam, P. Systems Analysis for Managerial Decisions . John Wiley & Sons, 1976, 607 pp., $17.95---reviewed by Larry R. ArnoldWesolowsky, George O., Multiple Regression Analysis and Analysis of Variance , New York; John Wiley & Sons, 1976, 292 pp., $10.95---reviewed by P. V. Rao