Description: Introduces students to the basic tools in using data to make informed management decisions. Covers introductory probability, decision analysis, basic statistics, regression, simulation, linear and nonlinear optimization, and discrete optimization. Computer spreadsheet exercises, cases, and examples drawn from marketing, finance, operations management, and other management functions. Restricted to first-year MIT Sloan master's students.
Course #: 15.060
Professor(s) who recently taught this course:
David Gamarnik
Robert Freund
Andreas Schulz