Course: Decision Making Processes and their Support

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Course title Decision Making Processes and their Support
Course code USII/EROP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Máchová Renáta, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Jech Jakub, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Decision-making and the decision-making process. Approaches to decision-making with certainty, risk and uncertainty. Multi-criteria decision-making with certainty. Analytic hierarchy process. Eigen values, eigen vectors and matrix consistency. Multi-criteria decision-making with uncertainty. Synthesis and analysis of multi-criteria decision-making methods. Decision making and software support. Technologies for decision making support.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Laboratory work
  • Home preparation for classes - 48 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide the students with theoretical knowledge in decision-making theory and the skills necessary for the proposal of decision-making method algorithms

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Work-related product analysis

In the case of standard teaching: assigned: participation in exercises of 75% compulsory (see guidelines), processing of assigned tasks for exercises, with a success rate above 60%, until the end of the teaching part of the semester. exam: written, oral In the case of online teaching: assigned: preparation of tasks and project in Moodle system according to the assignment, until the end of the teaching part of the semester. exam: online testing The current changes will be published in moodle in the block each week. If you have any questions, please contact the teacher by e-mail, always add an abbreviation of the subject to the subject line.
Recommended literature
  • CHANKONG, V. - HAIMES, Y. Y. Multiobjective Decision Making: Theory and methodology. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1983.
  • KŘUPKA, J.- OBRŠÁLOVÁ, I. etc. Assessment if Investment Alternatives in Environmental System based on Multiple Criteria Decision Making. In: Olej, V., Obrsalova, I., Krupka, J. (Eds.) Modelling of Selected areas of Sustainable Development by Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. Univerzita Pardubice: Grada Publishing, 2009, s. 133-150. ISBN 978-80-247-3167-4.
  • QUADE, E. S. Analysis for Public Decision. Third edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1989, 409s.. ISBN 0-13-052127-2.
  • SAATY, T. L. The Analytic Hierarchy Process. New York : McGraw-Hill International Book Company, 1980. ISBN 0070543712.
  • TURBAN, E.- ARONSON, J. E. Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems. 5th edition. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. A Simon & Schuster Company, 1998. ISBN 0137409370.


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