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COB 291. Business Analytics II


Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 001220

The application of quantitative modeling and analysis to managerial decision-­making. Introduces techniques from predictive and prescriptive analytics including linear optimization, decision analysis, queuing, regression, time­series forecasting, and simulation. Emphasis is on implementing, solving, and interpreting results from spreadsheet models for business applications. Prerequisite(s): COB 191  or MATH 220  and MATH 205  or equivalent.