SYDE 533Conflict Resolution
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Systems Design Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Formal methods for studying engineering decision-making problems involving multiple participants and multiple objectives. Topics include the graph model for conflict resolution, normal game form, metagame analysis, games with misperceptions, preference elicitation, human behaviour under conflict, evolution of a conflict, decision-making under uncertainty, sensitivity analyses, multiple criteria decision analysis, group decision and negotiation, coalition analysis, decision support systems, and real-world applications of the foregoing concepts.
Prerequisites
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Antirequisites
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Reviewed on UW Flow
73% liked it89% easy25% useful
From 11 ratings and 5 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Quite a bit of work, but if you do the work, you'll get high grades. ie, the assignments take a long time but you'll likely get 100 on them
Nov 2016 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Don't take if you think that you'll learn how to actually solve conflicts. It's a very reductionist course, and it seems like Hipel hasn't updated the course material since he wrote the book in 1983.
Nov 2013 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
If you like stats or game theory, take this course. It's all about analyzing conflicts and modelling how they will turn out, which is pretty cool!
Definitely a pretty birdy TE, so I can recommend for students who want to pad their TEs for not a lot of work.Mar 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Had Philpot. Didn't go to class. Three assignments, one final project (background report, video, final report). The assignments increase in weight and decrease in time required. Very generous marker. Learning to model conflicts is cool but it feels like koolaid that only academia drinks. I could be wrong.
Dec 2021 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
A pretty interesting course. Basically Game Theory, lectures can be interesting but also repetitive. Birdy course.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
7 posts and comments in 7 threads mention SYDE 533, October 2017 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.
Spring 2021
Technical elective choice help: MTE 545, NE 481, BME 550, ECE 484, NE 466 1 point, 9 comments
“Hello everyone. I am a struggling almost 4A student struggling to choose electives. If you have any experience from these courses and general topics, difficulty, other notes please lmk”
u/BME_or_Bust: “I took NE 466 online. Super short lectures and not many deliverables. Pretty long group research paper at the end. Not too hard, decently interesting, but meh prof.”
u/BME_or_Bust: “All SYDE courses For fall term, SYDE 533 and SYDE 543 are good and easy. Also heard good things about the BME ultrasound course if that’s running.”
Fall 2019
Technical Electives without finals 1 point, 2 comments
“I'm trying to complete my degree requirements earlier for my visa and need to take courses in the Winter, that don't have final exams. …”
u/ssnarly: “Syde 533 conflict resolution”
syde 533 course notes 3 points, 2 comments
u/Chinse: “dont want to pay $30 is this online somewhere”
Spring 2019
Group Work in these SYDE TEs? 5 points, 1 comment
u/GottaGetThatRing: “… SYDE 533 (Conflict Resolution) 3. SYDE 542 (Interface Design) 4. …”
Winter 2019
SYDE Technical Electives 9 points, 5 comments
“Any SYDE grads take SYDE 372, 522, 552 or 556? How was the overall course content, were the courses useful and or difficult?”
u/WhiteAvery: “Has anyone taken SYDE 533 Conflict Resolution? I've been told that it's a bird course, is this true?”
Fall 2017
Has anyone here taken syde 531? How was it? 2 points, 1 comment
u/realisticstudent: “ez pz edit: nvm'd thought you asked about SYDE 533”
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “… SYDE 212 SYDE 252 SYDE 262 SYDE 283 SYDE 286 SYDE 292 SYDE 292L SYDE 401 SYDE 411 SYDE 461 SYDE 533 SYDE 543 SYDE 553 SYDE 575 SYDE 631 SYDE 677 SYDE 682 SYDE 740 SYDE 750 SYDE 770 SYDE 780 TAX 600 TAX 614 TAX 616 TAX 619 TAX 620 TN 700 TOUR 603 TPM 1X000 TS 600 TS 610 TS 637 TS …”
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