Example of an outsourcing production schedule. (Image from lecture notes.)
Course Highlights
The text is authored by two professors for this course, Robert Freund and Dimitris Bertsimas. An explanation of how this textbook was developed is available in the
readings section.
Course Description
This course introduces students to the basic tools in using data to make informed management decisions. It covers introductory probability, decision analysis, basic statistics, regression, simulation, linear and nonlinear optimization, and discrete optimization. The computer spreadsheet exercises, cases, and examples are drawn from marketing, finance, operations management, and other management functions. The course is restricted to first-year Sloan master's students.
*Some translations represent previous versions of courses.