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Fall 2021
Apr 16, 2024
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CSCI 2951O - Foundations of Prescriptive Analytics
We are undoubtedly in the middle of an Analytics Revolution that enabled turning huge amounts data into insights, and insights into predictions about the future. At its final frontiers, Prescriptive Analytics is aimed at identifying the best possible action to take given the constraints and the objective. To that end, this course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of how to apply Prescriptive Analytics through optimization technology. A wide variety of state-of-the-art techniques are studied including: Boolean Satisfiability, Constraint Programming, Linear Programming, Integer Programming, Local Search Meta-Heuristics, and Large-Scale Optimization. Pre Requisites: One of CSCI 0300, 0320, CSCI 0330, CSCI 1310, OR CSCI 1330 and recommended: one of CSCI 0530, CSCI 1570, MATH 0520 or MATH 0540.
0.000 OR 1.000 Credit hours
0.000 OR 1.000 Lecture hours
0.000 Lab hours

Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Discussion Section/Conference, Primary Meeting

Computer Science Department

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:     
      Graduate

Prerequisites:
Undergraduate level CSCI 0320 Minimum Grade of S or Undergraduate level CSCI 0300 Minimum Grade of S or Undergraduate level CSCI 0330 Minimum Grade of S or Undergraduate level CSCI 1310 Minimum Grade of S or Undergraduate level CSCI 1330 Minimum Grade of S

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