MAE 505 - Quantitative Methods for Engineering Managers

(3 units)

Prerequisite: MAE 501 or MAE 502 with a grade of “C” or better. Open to Engineering MS, Aerospace Engineering MS, Mechanical Engineering MS, or Chemical Engineering MS students only.
Concepts and methods using quantitative approaches in engineering management decision-making. Computer-based tools used in management decision-making for subjective approaches. Probabilistic methods, forms of linear program model, network analysis, dynamic programming, Monte Carlo simulation and queuing models. Methods formulating problems are emphasized.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-problems 3 hours)