NRE 5390

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NRE 5390
PhD Seminar: Foundations of Operations Management I: Demand Forecasting and Inventory Theory

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course will familiarize students with the classic foundational work in operations management. The focus of this course will be on demand forecasting and inventory theory – the time series forecast models and the stochastic inventory models. Theory and empirical studies of the information distortion phenomenon along the supply chain (the bullwhip effect) will also be discussed. In addition, advanced models with optimal control and demand learning will be briefly discussed. Pedagogically, the course will include a combination of lectures, homework problems and coding assignments.

When Offered Fall.

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  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1.5 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18140 NRE 5390   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: Doctoral Students only! Add/Drop Dates: August 14th at 9:00 am through August 28th at 11:59 pm. Starting August 29th, permission of the instructor is required to add/drop and a late fee of $100 will be charged. If you are dropping on or after starting September 12th, you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fee.

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