| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Series |
The great courses. Science & mathematics. Mathematics |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics Mathematics.
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| Note |
"Course no. 1342"--Disc label. |
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Course consists of 24 lectures. |
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Each lecture approximately 30 min. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in course guidebook (pages 250-255). |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The operations research superhighway -- Forecasting with simple linear regression -- Nonlinear trends and multiple regression -- Time series forecasting -- Data mining--exploration and prediction -- Data mining for affinity and clustering -- disc 2: Optimization--goals, decisions and constraints -- Linear programming and optimal network flow -- Scheduling and multiperiod planning -- Visualizing solutions to linear programs -- Solving linear programs in a spreadsheet -- Sensitivity analysis--trust the answer? -- disc 3: Integer programming--all or nothing -- Where is the efficiency frontier -- Programs with multiple goals -- Optimization in a nonlinear landscape -- Nonlinear models--best location, best pricing -- Randomness, probability, and expectation -- disc 4: Decision trees--which scenario is best? -- Bayesian analysis of new information -- Markov models--how a random walk evolves -- Queuing--why waiting lines work or fail -- Monte Carlo simulation for a better job bid -- Stochastic optimization and risk. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Scott P. Stevens, James Madison University. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Decision making -- Mathematical models.
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Mathematical optimization.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company, publisher.
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| ISBN |
1629971103 |
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9781629971100 |
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9781501910463 |
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1501910469 |
| Music No. |
1342 Teaching Company |
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