HB2504
University Of Houston-Victoria
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Course Online Syllabus
Spring 2012
| Department | MGMT | Course Number | 3306 | Section Number | 24046 |
| Name of Course | Quantitative Decision Making | ||||
| Name of Instructor | Yang,Jie | ||||
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Learning Objectives
As a result of this course, students will
- understand probability concepts and applications.
- be able to do decision analysis under different situations, e.g, decision making under uncertainty, decision making with probabilities, and decision tree analysis.
- be able to conduct regression analysis.
- be able to use different methods for business forecasting.
- be able to comprehend and apply inventory control models, e.g., EOQ and POQ.
- be able to formulate and solve linear programming model.
- understand and apply Critical Path Method (CPM) and PERT to projects.
- be able to use statistical methods to construct control charts for quality control.
Major Assignments/Exams
| Class participation | 10% | ||
| Case Studies (2x10%) | 20% | ||
| Quizzes | 10% | ||
| Exams (3x20%) | 60% |
Required Reading
Render, Stair, and Hanna, Quantitative Analysis for Management,,10th ed., ISBN 9780136036258.
Recommended Reading
No additional readings have been recommended for this course.
List of Discussion/Lecture Topics
- Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
- Probability Concepts
- Applications of Probabiloity
- Decision Analysis
- Exam 1
- Regression Models
- Forecasting
- Inventory Control Models
- Spring Break
- Exam 2
- Linear Programming
- Linear Programming Modeling: Application
- Project Management I
- Project Management II
- Statistical Quality Control
- Final exam
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