Location:

Main Campus

Session:

2026 Winter Semester | Trimestre d'hiver

Faculty:

École de gestion Telfer / Telfer School of Management

Unit:

Telfer School of Management_PT

Course Title:

Decision Analytics

Course Code:

MGT5302

Section:

A00

Course Description:

Modelling of complex decision-making processes, where decision environments are subject to change and uncertainty and various decision criteria need to be considered. Modelling tools such as scenario trees, Markov Decision Process (MDP), and Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) with their decision-making applications.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel étudiant / Student Part-Time Professor

Date Posted:

July 07, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

August 09, 2025

Expected Enrolment:

40

Approval date:

July 07, 2025

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Course type:

C

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

- - - Thursdays, January 15 to April 9 from 8:30 to 11:30pm

Requirements:

MSc or PhD (preferred) in mathematics (with experience in decision analytics) or industrial engineering. Has taken graduate level courses in analytics (preference given to those who have themselves taken a graduate level course in decision analysis). Can demonstrate knowledge of Utility Theory, Markov Chains, Queuing Theory and Markov Decision Processes; practice in applying some of these methods to business problems would be desirable. Preference given to those with prior teaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate (preferred) level.

Teaching mode:

Please note that the teaching method will be delivered in person.
Teaching method might incur changes due to health measures or other reasons.

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