Fall 2008 Schedule (ISQS 7342-001, Business Analytics)
TTh 12:00-3:20p, BA 271
/ BA 363 (Computer Lab)
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Textbooks and Lecture
Materials:
Decision Trees for Business
Intelligence and Data Mining: Using SAS
Decision Tree Modeling, SAS Course Notes (DMDT) *
Applied Analytics Using SAS®
Advanced Predictive Modeling Using SAS®
Building and Solving Optimization Models with SAS/OR® (OROPT) *
* Note: The electronic versions
are available to registered students
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Date |
Day |
Contents |
Readings &
References |
Assignments |
Notes |
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1 |
26-Aug |
Tuesday |
Introduction |
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2 |
28-Aug |
Thursday |
Decision Tree
Review |
DT-1, DMDT-1,
AAEM-1, Decision tree review |
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Getting familiar
with SAS EM 5.2 |
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3 |
2-Sep |
Tuesday |
Descriptive,
Predictive, and Explanatory Analyses |
DT-2, AAEM-2, Slides2 |
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4 |
4-Sep |
Thursday |
Recursive
Partitioning |
DT-3, DMDT-2, Slides3 |
HW1 (due 9/16) |
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5 |
9-Sep |
Tuesday |
The Mechanism of DT
Construction |
DT-3, DMDT-2 |
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Quiz1 |
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6 |
11-Sep |
Thursday |
Pruning |
DMDT-3, Slides4 |
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7 |
16-Sep |
Tuesday |
Auxiliary Use of
Tree |
DMDT-4, Slides5 |
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8 |
18-Sep |
Thursday |
Ensembles of Trees |
DMDT-5, Slides6 |
HW2 (due 9/30) |
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9 |
23-Sep |
Tuesday |
DT-4, 5, 6 |
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Quiz2 |
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10 |
25-Sep |
Thursday |
Workshop:
Advanced topics of decision trees |
DT-4, 5, 6, Slides-ensemble, Presentations |
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11 |
30-Sep |
Tuesday |
Advanced Binary
Prediction |
PMADV-1, Slides7 |
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12 |
2-Oct |
Thursday |
Advanced Binary
Prediction |
PMADV-1 |
HW3 (due 10/15) |
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14 |
7-Oct |
Tuesday |
Continuous and
Multiple Target Prediction |
PMADV-2, Slides8 |
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Quiz3 |
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14 |
9-Oct |
Thursday |
Continuous and Multiple
Target Prediction |
PMADV-2 |
HW4 (due 10/30) |
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15 |
15-Oct |
Wednesday |
Prediction limits |
PMADV-3, Slides9 |
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Rescheduled to 1-2:20p, BA271 |
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16 |
16-Oct |
Thursday |
Segmentation in |
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17 |
21-Oct |
Tuesday |
RFM Cell-based
Clustering |
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Quiz4 |
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18 |
23-Oct |
Thursday |
Multi-Attribute
Clustering |
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HW5 (due 11/11) |
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19 |
30-Oct |
Thursday |
Advanced Topics in
CRM Segmentation |
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20 |
4-Nov |
Tuesday |
Text Mining with
SAS EM 5.2 |
DMTM, Slides (Cases) |
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Project 1 Due |
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21 |
6-Nov |
Thursday |
Introduction to
Mathematical Optimization |
OROPT-1, Slides (OROPT1) |
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Quiz5 |
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22 |
11-Nov |
Tuesday |
Linear Programming
Problems: Basic Ideas |
OROPT-1, 2, Slides (ORPOT2) |
HW6 (due 11/25) |
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23 |
13-Nov |
Thursday |
Linear Programming
Problems: Basic Ideas |
OROPT-2 |
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24 |
18-Nov |
Tuesday |
Linear Programming
Problems |
OROPT-2,3; Slides (ORPOT3) |
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25 |
20-Nov |
Thursday |
Introductory
Integer and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming |
OROPT-4, Slides (OROPT4) |
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26 |
25-Nov |
Tuesday |
Introductory Non-Linear
Programming |
OROPT-5, Slides (OROPT5) |
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Quiz6 |
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27-Nov |
Thursday |
Thanksgiving |
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27 |
2-Dec |
Tuesday |
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28 |
3-Dec |
Wednesday |
Workshop:
Business Optimization |
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5-Dec |
Friday |
Final exam (BA363) |
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6-Dec |
Saturday |
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Project 2 Due |