PUBPOL 750.005: Topics: Thinking Analytically for Policy and Decision | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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PUBPOL 750.005: Topics: Thinking Analytically for Policy and Decision

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Level
Graduate
Term
Fall 2015
Course Section
005
U-M Course Number
27099
Credit Hours
3

This course presents a framework for decision-making in public policy. Students will develop: 1) the ability to formulate quantitative models from real world situations that arise frequently in the policy arena, and 2) familiarity with quantitative spreadsheet techniques for analyzing these models. These techniques include optimization via linear and nonlinear programming, queuing theory, time series forecasting, decision trees, game theory, and Mote Carlo simulations.

Carl Simon

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Carl P. Simon

Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Mathematics, and Complex Systems
Simon was the founding director of the U-M Center for the Study of Complex Systems. His research centers on the dynamics of covid-19, of crime, of teenage smoking, and of Great Lakes salmon. He was named the 2007 LSA Distinguished Senior Lecturer.

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