MSCI 719Operations Analytics

Units: 0.50
Level: Graduate
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Management Sciences

Not in the current Graduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in Spring 2024.

When it runs

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course covers predictive analytics that provides techniques to model the relationships between inputs and outcomes, and construct predictions about future outcomes, and prescriptive analytics that provides tools to optimize actions against a complex set of objectives to find best practices and design best policies under all circumstances. The theoretical techniques will be applied to such chains, service industries, healthcare systems, revenue management, inventory management, and sports.

Prerequisites

Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
- MSCI603 - Principles of Operations Research (0.50)
- MSCI634 - Deterministic Models in Operations Research (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention MSCI 719, January 2021 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2021

Dec 12, 2021 Management Science MSCI 718 & 719 1 point, 0 comments

u/myviolin16: “Has anyone taken MSCI 718 & 719 in the past? This is for Data Analytics, are these core stats courses? Any advice on how to prepare for the winter session?”

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Winter 2021

Jan 20, 2021 Courseware Case study for MSCI 719 3 points, 1 comment

u/kamal036: “… I wanted to know if there was way other than buying/purchasing a courseware (a case study courseware for MSCI 719) from wstore to get it for a discount or a free download of the ebook version. If yes, just let me know. (P. S. …”