Mit Hilfe der Monte-Carlo-Methode kann man reale Probleme simulieren und analysieren, ohne unrealistische Annahmen einführen zu müssen, die zur Formulierung eines mathematischen Prozeßmodells meist notwendig sind. Dieses Werk zeigt, wo und wie sich Monte-Carlo-Simulationen in der ingenieurtechnischen Praxis einsetzen lassen. Die zugehörige Software bietet Lösungen zu zahlreichen speziellen Problemen. (10/99)

Frank Dubinskas is the Howard W. Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics and associate professor of anthropology at Hamline University, which he joined in September 1993. His research and writing include a decade of work on the interface of technology, organizations, and culture, both in the United States and in Europe and Japan. Much of this work has been conducted in high-technology firms, and he has written on product development and manufacturing in the automobile, biotechnology, and computer industries; on concurrent engineering in manufacturing automation; and on knowledge management and collaboration in complex organization.