DSC 522‎ Deterministic Models for Decision Analysis

Course Description:
This course emphasizes on building students’ analytical skills for developing mathematical models for decision-making. The course provides an introduction to Management Science (Operations Research OR) concepts and analysis techniques for mathematical programming and decision-making. The course emphasis is on problem formulation, model building, data analysis, solution techniques, and evaluation of alternative designs/processes in complex systems.
 
Course Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to provide the students with the following capabilities:
·       Objective 1:  Understand the main concepts of Operations Research.
·       Objective 2: Develop analytical problem solving and decision-making thinking.
·       Objective 3: Build Management Science based models of management problems.
·       Objective 4:  Understand and  analyze the results of OR models.
·       Objective 5: Select the appropriate analytical technique to real world problems.
·       Objective 6: Summarize and present analysis of results in a clear and a coherent manner.