MBA 5210 - Knowledge Discovery using Business Analytics

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): MBA 5205

Description: This course presents students with tools and concepts from each of the three areas of Business Analytics-Descriptive Analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive Analytics. Descriptive Analytics addresses descriptive statistics and the exploration of data. Predictive Analytics covers regression analysis, model building, time series analysis, forecasting and Analysis of Variance. Prescriptive Analytics addresses decision making under uncertainty and risk, linear optimization, integer optimization nonlinear optimization, and simulation modeling. A variety of software tools are used to analyze data and solve decision-making problems.