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GBUS 7600 Data Analysis and Optimization

PHILLIP E PFEIFER
Quarter 4
A: 8:00 to 9:25   Room 190
B: 11:45 to 1:10 Room 190

 
Class/Date Topic Comments
1. Thu 3/19 Jaikumar Textiles, Ltd.: the Nylon Division (A) Case Discussion. From DA to DAO.
2. Fri 3/20 Optimization Modeling Exercises Exercises. Fun with Solver.
3. Wed 3/25 Buckeye Power & Light Company Case Discussion. What's next?  Searching for Value.
4. Thu 3/26 JGC Corporate Aviation Exercise.  How well do you buy jet fuel?
5. Thu 4/2 The Lady Tasting Tea Case Discussion.  Experimentation and Inference.
6. Fri 4/3 Wunderdog and The Roulette Wheel Class Discussion: Do we recognize Randomness when we see it?
7. Wed 4/8 The Collections Subsidiary Case Discussion. Fun with Data.
8. Thu 4/9 The Sophomore Jinx Case Discussion. Comparing Two Groups.
9. Wed 4/15 Darden's Luckiest Student 2008 Case Discussion.
10. Thu 4/16 Waite First Securities Case Discussion.  Beta and Regression.
11. Wed 4/22 Edgcomb Metals (A) Case Discussion.  Performance Measurement I
12. Thu 4/23 Nopane Advertising Strategy Case Discussion.  Measuring Advertising Effectiveness
13. Fri 4/24 Sarah Gets a Diamond Forecasting Contest
14. Wed 4/29 A Taste of Time Series Exercises.  Beer and the Dow.
15. Thu 4/30 Alphonso's Department Store Case Discussion.  Back to the Beginning.
Final Exam 4-hour take home handed out on the last day of class and due back on the last day of the exam period (5/5).  
     

Updated: 08/19/09 03:41 PM