Course Number: 90-722

Management Science I: Optimization and Multicriteria Methods

Units: 6

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.

Faculty:
Rema Padman
Stephen F. Roehrig