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About the Course

In this data-driven world, companies are often interested in knowing what is the "best" course of action, given the data. For example, manufacturers need to decide how many units of a product to produce given the estimated demand and raw material availability? Should they make all the products in-house or buy some from a third-party to meet the demand? Prescriptive Analytics is the branch of analytics that can provide answers to these questions. It is used for prescribing data-based decisions. The most important method in the prescriptive analytics toolbox is optimization. This course will introduce students to the basic principles of linear optimization for decision-making. Using practical examples, this course teaches how to convert a problem scenario into a mathematical model that can be solved to get the best business outcome. We will learn to identify decision variables, objective function, and constraints of a problem, and use them to formulate and solve an optimization problem using Excel solver and spreadsheet....

Top reviews

CL

May 15, 2021

Good teaching style with step by step guidance. Thanks for the connecting high school math (that I learned many years ago) to real life context. I look forward to the next course.

JI

Jan 15, 2024

The professor was easy to follow. I learned more from this course than a whole semester of Optimization in my graduate class.

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By Frederick K A

Feb 19, 2024

I thoroughly enjoyed this Coursera course on “Optimization for Decision Making”. Having been fascinated by optimization during my high school days, I eagerly enrolled. The course content surpassed my expectations. The lecturer’s clear explanations and engaging case studies provided both a refresher and a deep dive into solving optimization problems.

By Chananthorn S

Sep 15, 2021

Optimization for Decision Making is good course.It 's not too complex for me.I can make easy and immidiately decision from use graphical.Moreover, I can decision which have to buy or making something .It's very useful for all business to control your cost.

By CHIN W L

May 16, 2021

Good teaching style with step by step guidance. Thanks for the connecting high school math (that I learned many years ago) to real life context. I look forward to the next course.

By John B I

Jan 16, 2024

The professor was easy to follow. I learned more from this course than a whole semester of Optimization in my graduate class.

By Abayomi E O

May 20, 2023

I love the calmness and the fact the course was detailed and concise as possible. Professor Soumya Sen is a great teacher.

By J H

Jun 1, 2021

There are a lot of examples to work through and learn from which I find helps make the material easier to learn.

By Noaman R

Sep 18, 2021

Very insightful course. Love the detail explaination for solving simple LP problems.

By Toby B

Jul 17, 2023

I found this course excellent, almost one could say, optimal!

By chong p k

Sep 12, 2023

Good course.very practical orientated.

By Yiyang S

Jan 6, 2023

Lectures were very clear and concise!

By Muhammad Y

Feb 9, 2024

Very nice course, thanks coursera

By jain m

Jul 16, 2021

It is an excellent course. Thanks

By carl w

Apr 16, 2021

It was an interesting refreshed for the most part and went very quickly. Could have used just a little more info on using Excel Solver. Thanks for the class!