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University of Minnesota

Optimization for Decision Making

Soumya Sen

Instructor: Soumya Sen

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

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Beginner level

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13 hours to complete
3 weeks at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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There are 4 modules in this course

Prescriptive analytics is a part of business analytics that is aimed at prescribing solutions to decision problems. The most important modeling technique within prescriptive analytics is optimization. In this module, we will learn how to recognize contexts where it can be applied and get introduced to the basics of linear optimization.

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11 videos1 reading2 assignments1 discussion prompt

In order to solve linear optimization problems (i.e., linear programs), we can use graphical methods for basic example problems. For higher dimensional problems, we will use tools like Excel Solver later in the course. The benefit of using graphical methods is that it gives us an intuition into how these problems can be solved.

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8 videos2 assignments

In this module we will explore what happens when the model parameters are changed. We will also look at special cases of linear optimization problems.

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7 videos2 assignments

Having learned how to formulate linear optimization problem and the graphical methods for solving them, we are now going to start solving larger problems using Excel Solver. This module provides an overview of how to set up and solve these decision problems using Excel.

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13 videos2 readings2 assignments

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Soumya Sen
University of Minnesota
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