GCER0015-1 : Quantitative Methods in Management

Study Programmes 2016-2017

WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications

GCER0015-1

Quantitative Methods in Management

Duration :

35h Th

Number of credits :

Executive Master in industrial Management		6

Lecturer :

Isabelle Pays

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

Linear programming, simplex methods, sensitivy analysis, duality Data mining Queueing therory basic features, arrival and service processes, M/M/c models Simulation basic principles, random generators, analysis of the results

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Acquire some familiarity with the mathematical modelling approach to decision making and with models and methods used in operation research ; Become able to reconstruct and to interpret output models ; Become able to identify situation where these models can be applied successfully.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Mathematics (linear algebra, matrix algebra), probability theory and statistics (concept of random variable, classical distributions, expectation, variance, etc.).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

A1. Lectures. A1. Readings (lecture notes and case studies). A2. Numerical exercises

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face to face.