Decision Analysis

Code:

2MDA13

Acronym:

ADec

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Modeling, Data Analysis and Decision Support Systems

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MADSAD	16	Official Syllabus - after 2020-2021	1	-	3	21	81

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Students should master the key concepts, methods and techniques that support decision making.

 In addition, they should be able to apply them to solve specific problems.

Learning outcomes and competences

After attending the curricular unit, students should be acquainted with quantitative methods and techniques be used to provide decision support to decision makers.
They should also know how to use multi-criteria software, such as AHP and MASSITI.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Multicriteria Decision Making
2. Decision making under uncertainty and under risk.
3. Utilization of methodologies, such as AHP and MASSITI
4. Multi-Objective Otimization

Mandatory literature

R. T. Clemen and T. Reilly; Making Hard Decisions, Duxbury, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical exposition along with practical examples.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

All students enrolled in the course may take the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Época normal and Época de Recurso:


The only assessment type is final exam.

Classification improvement

Final exam.