HB2504
University Of Houston-Victoria
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Course Online Syllabus
Fall 2011
| Department | MGMT | Course Number | 3306 | Section Number | 25053 |
| Name of Course | Quantitative Decision Making | ||||
| Name of Instructor | Ren,Luh-Yu | ||||
This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook. | |||||
Learning Objectives
As a result of this course, students will
- Know probability concepts and various probability distributions
- Know Decision Theory
- Understand the sampling distribution of sample mean
- Learn Statistical Quality Control
- Apply simple and multiple regression analysis in data analysis
- Comprehend Forecasting
- Know and apply Linear Programming in business
- Project Management
Major Assignments/Exams
| Attendance and Participation | 10% | ||
| Homework Assignment | |||
| Exam 1-3 | 90% |
Required Reading
Render, Stair, and Hanna, Quantitative Analysis for Management,10th ed., ISBN 9780136036258.
Textbook
Recommended Reading
Anderson, Sweeney, and Williams, Essentials of Modern Business Statistics,4th edition ed.
List of Discussion/Lecture Topics
- Introduction
- Concept of Probability and Discrete Random Variable
- Decision Theory
- Normal and F Probability Distributions
- CLT and Statistical Quality Control
- Exam 1
- Regression Model
- Business Forecasting I
- Business Forecasting II
- Exam 2
- Inventory Control Models
- Linear Programming
- Transportation and Assignment Problem
- Project Management
- Exam 3
Social Networks
