Mathematical Decision Making : Predictive Models and Optimization

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"Course no. 1342"--Disc label.
Course consists of 24 lectures.
Each lecture approximately 30 min.
Disc 1: The operations research superhighway -- Forecasting with simple linear regression -- Nonlinear trends and multiple regression -- Time series forecasting -- Data mining--exploration and prediction -- Data mining for affinity and clustering -- disc 2: Optimization--goals, decisions and constraints -- Linear programming and optimal network flow -- Scheduling and multiperiod planning -- Visualizing solutions to linear programs -- Solving linear programs in a spreadsheet -- Sensitivity analysis--trust the answer? -- disc 3: Integer programming--all or nothing -- Where is the efficiency frontier -- Programs with multiple goals -- Optimization in a nonlinear landscape -- Nonlinear models--best location, best pricing -- Randomness, probability, and expectation -- disc 4: Decision trees--which scenario is best? -- Bayesian analysis of new information -- Markov models--how a random walk evolves -- Queuing--why waiting lines work or fail -- Monte Carlo simulation for a better job bid -- Stochastic optimization and risk.
Lecturer: Scott P. Stevens, James Madison University.
DVD.

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