Session, Dates: 1 (08/27/2012 - 12/15/2012)

Days: M W F

Time: 01:45 - 02:35 pm

Location: Moon Campus

Room: Hale Center 304

Seats Available: 20 Seats

Credits: 3

Course Description

This course introduces students to quantitative methods and applications in business decision-making. The quantitative models studied in this course include matrix models, the Leontief input/output model, Markov chains, linear programming with shadow pricing and sensitivity analysis, transportation and assignment algorithms, and network models. Computer software is used as a practical implementation of these models. This course is usually offered only in the winter term.

Prerequisites: STAT2110 or STAT3140 and MATH2070

About The Instructor

James R. Porter, Ph.D.