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2025 Spring > GRAD > MSIS > MSIS 643

Decision and risk analysis

Course #: MSIS 643

Description:
Decision and risk analysis combine elements of probability, economics, logic, psychology and domain knowledge to characterize and analyze complex decision problems. Practitioners in this discipline apply mathematical and computational decision support tools grounded and, methods for populating models. A large number of applied models are available for different real-world problems or problem classes. Students will gain familiarity with the basic theory and methods from classic and recent texts, and will examine some real world applications from recent journal publications. There will be particular focus on connections between the approaches covered and developments in information systems and in analytics. The course will involve portions of problem sets and projects.

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 10699 W
5:30 - 8:15 pm
Keisler,Jeffrey M Wheatley W01-0060
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/27/2025 - 05/14/2025
Capacity: 20
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
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