Decision Support Systems (Data Science)

Course code

QUANT511

Course type

MSc Course

Weekly Hours

2,5

ECTS

Term

HS 2021

Language

Englisch

Lecturers

Juniorprof. Dr. Irina Heimbach

Please note that exchange students obtain a higher number of credits in the BSc-program at WHU than listed here. For further information please contact directly the International Relations Office.

Course content

Simon’s model of decision making
Introduction to DSS
DSS and related concepts
Introduction to data science
Introduction to data science
Recap data, statistical modeling, and visualization
Logistic regression
Decision trees
Single perceptron
Introduction to ANN, deep learning and cognitive computing
Further predictive analytics models
Practice with RapidMiner
Text mining, sentiment analysis
Social analytics
Expert systems and recommenders
Chatbots, virtual personal assistants, and robo-advisors
Implementing DSS
Legal, privacy, and ethics issues
Impact on organizations, jobs, and works
Technology trends and future of DSS

Class dates

Date	Time
Monday, 25.10.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Friday, 29.10.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Tuesday, 02.11.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Thursday, 11.11.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Friday, 12.11.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Tuesday, 23.11.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Friday, 26.11.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Friday, 03.12.2021	08:00 - 11:15
Tuesday, 14.12.2021	14:00 - 15:30