Course Catalog - 2021-2022

     

MGMT 679 - MACHINE LEARNING FOR BUS. - I

Long Title: MACHINE LEARNING FOR BUSINESS - I
Department: Management
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.5
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Program(s):
MBA for Professional Extended
MBA for Professionals
MBA for Professional Weekend
MBA - Executive Program
MBA
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Graduate Quadmester
Description: This course introduces students to machine learning techniques used in business applications to draw managerial insights from data. The methods that will be covered include naïve Bayes classifier, classification and regression trees, feed forward neural networks, and visualization methods. Students will learn to apply these methods in a wide range of settings such as marketing, finance, healthcare and other business areas, and will gain hands-on experience through assignments and a group project.