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Table of content:

Part I MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.-
1. Urban Services.-
2. Business Efficiency.-
3. Planning and Scheduling.-
4. Linear Programming and the Transportation Problem.- Part II STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATA.-
5. Exploring Data: Distributions.-
6. Exploring Data: Relationships.-
7. Data for Decisions.-
8. Probability: The Mathematics of Chance.- Part III VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE.-
9. Social Choice: The Impossible Dream.-
10. The Manipulability of Voting Systems.-
11. Weighted Voting Systems.-
12. Electing the President.- Part IV FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORY.-
13. Fair Division.-
14. Apportionment.-
15. Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition.- Part V THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION.-
16. Identification Numbers.-
17. Encoding Information.- Part VI ON SIZE AND GROWTH.-
18. Growth and Form.-
19. Symmetry and Patterns.-
20. Tilings.- Part VII YOUR MONEY AND RESOURCES.-
21. Savings Models.-
22. Borrowing Models.-
23. The Economics of Resources.