? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : EEL-5-MNAGM

The course aims to develop an understanding of optimisation and strategy in engineering economics. Game theoretic, evolutionary approaches and agent based models are studied in the context of optimisation of plans and designs.

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Home subject area

Management (School of Engineering and Electronics), (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

? Normal year taken : 5th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 10/01/2008 14:00 17:00 tbc

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Thursday 14:00 17:00 KB

On completion of the module, students should be able to:

1. Understand the concept of a search space and differentiate between various analytic and heuristic optimisation methods

2. Characterize search problems

3. Appreciate theories of strategic behaviour based on game playing models

4. View business behaviour in a strategic context

5. Understand and model agent models in management

1 coursework (50%)
1 exam (50%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 Open Book 1 hour(s) 30 minutes

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Laura Smith
Tel : (0131 6)50 5690
Email : laura.smith@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Frank Mill
Tel : (0131 6)50 5673
Email : Frank.Mill@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/