FIELD OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Field of Quantitative Methods aims to hosts a number of leading academics in their respective fields of study. Academics of the field have a large number of books and articles published by various prestigious local and international publishers and scholarly journals. They have also participated in several local and international symposiums or top conferences.
Field of Quantitative Methods contributes to the undergraduate program and two Master’s programs offered by the Department of Business Administration.
The field conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate level courses in the following areas:
- Operations Research
- Mathematical Optimization
- Heuristic/Metaheuristic Optimization
- Multi-Criteria Decision Making
- Statistical Analysis and Applications
- Decision Support Systems
- Time Series Analysis
Faculty members of the field conduct research and deliver lectures aiming at understanding, and effective management, of organizations in the public or private sector. Operations Research, applies scientific method to the management of organized systems in business, industry, government and other enterprises. Operations Research is regularly applied in areas such as supply chain management, marketing and revenue management systems, manufacturing plants, financial engineering, telecommunication networks, healthcare management, transportation networks, energy and the environment, service systems, web commerce, and military defense.
The main courses offered by the field are as follows:
- Statistics for Business 1 (Undergraduate Program)
- Statistics for Business 2 (Undergraduate Program)
- Introduction to Management Science (Undergraduate Program)
- Project Management (Undergraduate Program)
- Decision Models in Business (Undergraduate and Master’s Programs)