ENCE 425 Decision Analysis for Engineering
Spring 2007, Approximate Schedule and Homeworks
HOMEWORK IS DUE AT THE START OF THE NEXT CLASS, NO LATE HOMEWORKS
Weeks  | 
            Dates  | 
            Subject | Homeworks | 
1  | 
            Jan 24 |                Lectures 1 & 2 Introduction & Probability Basics (Chapters 1) Bayes' Rule (Chapter 2)  | 
            HW#1  given out  -Problems: Winston()  | 
          
2  | 
            Jan 31 |  Lectures 1 & 2 Introduction & Probability Basics (Chapters 1) Bayes' Rule (Chapter 2)  | 
            HW#2  given out  -Problems:Winston  | 
          
3  | 
            Feb 7 |  Lectures 3 & 4 Some important probability distributions (throughout the book) Decision-making under uncertainty (decision trees, multiple objectives, sensitivity analysis, value of information) (Chapter 2)  | 
             HW#3  given out  -Problems:Winston  | 
          
4  | 
            Feb 14 | Lectures 3 & 4 Some important probability distributions (throughout the book) Decision-making under uncertainty (decision trees, multiple objectives, sensitivity analysis, value of information) (Chapter 2)  | 
            HW#4  given out  -Problems: Winston  | 
          
5  | 
            Feb 21 |  Lectures  5 & 6 (may have some leftover from lectures 3&4 here) Decision Modeling Case Studies Constructing Probability Distributions ["Making Hard Decisions with DecisionTools," Clemen and Reilly] Written Project Proposals Due  | 
            HW#5  given out -Problems:Winston  | 
          
6  | 
            Feb 28 |  Lectures  5&6 Decision Modeling Case Studies Constructing Probability Distributions ["Making Hard Decisions with DecisionTools," Clemen and Reilly]  | 
            HW#6  given out -Problems:Winston  | 
          
7  | 
            Mar 7 |  Lectures  7 & 8 Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamic Programming (Chapters 6-7)  | 
            STUDY FOR EXAM #1 | 
8  | 
            Mar 14 |  Lectures  7 & 8 Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamic Programming (Chapters 6-7)  | 
            WORK ON PROJECTS | 
9  | 
            Mar 21 | SPRING BREAK | ![]()  | 
          
10  | 
            Mar 28 | IN CLASS EXAM #1 | HW#7  given out  -Problems:Winston  | 
          
11  | 
            Apr 4 |  Lectures 9 & 10 Simulation (Chapters 9,11)  | 
            HW#8 given out  -Problems:Winston  | 
          
12  | 
            Apr 11 |  Lectures 9 & 10 Simulation (Chapters 9,11)  | 
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13  | 
            Apr 18 | Lectures 11 & 12 Forecasting models (Chapter 15)  | 
            HW#9  given out  -Problems:Winston  | 
          
14  | 
            Apr 25 |  Lectures 11 & 12 Forecasting models (Chapter 15)  | 
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15  | 
            May 2 |               Guest Lecture (part 1) Review for exam #2 and Questions about projects (part 2)  | 
            STUDY FOR EXAM #2 | 
16  | 
            May 9 | Student Presentations & Final Reports Due in Class  | 
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| Finals Week | IN CLASS EXAM #2 | 
REFERENCES:
		  BADIRU        ="Comprehensive Project Management," A.B. Badiru, P.S. Pulat
		  WINSTON     ="Operations Research Applications and Algorithms," W.L. Winston
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