Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
MATH 5001
Postgraduate
No
013079
4.5
No
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School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences
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To equip students with the appropriate knowledge and practical skills needed to analyse systems and situations involving risk and uncertainty
Fundamental concepts of decision analysis, utility, risk analysis, Bayesian statistics, game theory, Markov decision processes and optimisation. The value of sampling information and optimal sample sizes, given sampling costs, and the economics of terminal decision problems.
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A basic understanding of elementary probability and linear algebra.
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 1 hour x 12 weeks | ||
Directed Study (Meetings and activities as agreed with Course Coordinator) | N/A x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Examination
EFTSL*: 0.125
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