Theory and Application of Stochastic Modeling. Probabilistic modeling techniques with emphasis on manufacturing and services. Specific topics covered include inventory theory and methods, scheduling, queuing theory, availability, maintainability, reparability, reliability, Markov processes and renewal theory. TOP MSCI 6720. Experimental Design and Statistical Modeling.
Emphasis is focused on both the design and analysis aspects of planned experimentation.
Topics include completely randomized designs, block designs, factorial designs, design resolution and fractional factorial designs, response surface analysis, evolutionary operations in process improvement and Taguchi methods. TOP MSCI 6740. A study of advanced deterministic mathematical programming techniques. TOP MSCI 6750. Management Science Seminar.