Open to MBAs. Recent Developments in Statistics Important new statistical methods continue to emerge that go well beyond the familiar topics encountered in introductory statistics in flexibility and power, and in empirical techniques for prediction. These methods provide new tools for analysis of complex and non-linear relationships, and for handling difficult data sets. This course describes the most important of the new methods, including non-parametric regression, clustering, recursive partitioning, methods for analysis of similarity data, etc., with emphasis on how to use them and interpret their results. Access to relevant software is provided and hands-on practice is given.
Course is integrative in nature, rather than one of developing new methodologies and techniques.
Open to MBAs. Open to MBAs. Issues, concepts, objectives, and criteria in determination of capabilities, characteristics, and configurations of manufacturing and service systems. Examination of analytic and synthesizing methodologies for selection of capacity, location, technology, processes, material movement and storage systems, facilities, work group structures, and jobs. Open to MBAs.