Quantitative Analysis - CPIT 603

Course Information

Course Description

Grades
Tasks
Task 1: Form a group of 2 or 3 students. This group is for both paper and homework
Task 2: Visit the websites of the journals given at the end of this page and review certain papers. Note that you could do mindmapping to identify potential area in which you want to work
Task 3: Collect survey papers in your topic of interest. Using this we will start working on the statistical aspects of our paper

Evaluation will be based on
Mid-Term Exam (15 Marks); covers chapters Probability, Regression and LP; Exam Date: ---
Homework (3; each worth 12 Marks) - (Grouping is same as papers; Homeworks 2 and 3) - --- 2016
Project and Paper - 24 Marks
Final Exam (25 Marks); covers Chapters Probability, Regression, LP, Waiting Queues, Markov and Simulation Modeling; Exam Date: ---

Homeworks
Formula Sheet
Tables
Lecture Slides - Send via Email
Lecture 1: Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
Lecture 2: Probability Concepts and Applications
Lecture 3: Decision Analysis
Lecture 4: Regression Models
Lecture 5: Forecasting
Lecture 6: Inventory Control Models
Lecture 7: Linear Programming Models
Lecture 8: Linear Programming Applications
Lecture 9: Transportation, Assignment, and Network Models
Lecture 10: Integer Programming, Goal Programming, Nonlinear Programming
Lecture 11: Project Management
Lecture 12: Waiting Lines and Queuing Theory Models
Lecture 13: Simulation Modeling
Lecture 14: Markov Analysis
Lecture 15: Statistical Quality Control

Technical Papers Review
The most important thing in choosing a topic for research in this course is to get the dataset
Network datasets: http://www.caida.org/data/overview
General datasets: https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets.html
General datasets: http://www.statsci.org/datasets.html
Medical datasets: http://srtr.transplant.hrsa.gov/annual_reports/2012/Default.aspx
Cellular data traffic: http://traffic.berkeley.edu/project/downloads/mobilecenturydata  

For Paper Review: Paper Review Form PDF  DOC
Topics to choose from: Steps Explained
Step 1: Choosing the title - Week 3
Step 2: Collecting appropriate literature - Week 6
Step 3: Writing Literature review - Week 8
Your paper will contain: Abstract, Introduction, Literature Review, Suggested Methodology/Solutions, Conclusion, References
Step 4: Implementing the work - Week 12
Step 5: Completing the work and paper - Week 14

Journals to Target
Quality Technology & Quantitative Management
Journal of Quantitative Linguistics
Quantitative Economics
Economics of Education Review
European Journal of Operational Research
International Journal of Educational Development
Knowledge-Based Systems
The Journal of Socio-Economics
Journal of Informetrics
IEEE Potentials
Scientometrics