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Carnegie Mellon Heinz School Policy Management Information Technology
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90-722, Management Science I: Optimization and Multicriteria Methods

6 units


Prerequisites: None

Skills: Familiarity with spreadsheets

Required for: First year MS students

Delivery Format: On-Campus

Description:
This course focuses on the application of quantitative models and methods to management decision making and policy analysis. Topics covered include: forecasting, decision analysis, linear programming,and other forms of optimization, queuing, and simulation. Examples of application areas include: finance, criminal justice, urban service delivery, personnel planning, and health care services. Excel will be used extensively to teach and illustrate concepts.

Last modified on November 12, 2007