Postgraduate Course: Stochastic Optimization (MATH11010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 5 | 
 
| Home subject area | Mathematics | 
Other subject area | Operational Research | 
   
| Course website | 
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Decision analysis and model building; Software for decision analysis; Expected value of information; Sequential sampling problems; Markov decision processes; Software for Markov decision processes; Applications of Markov decision processes in finance and other areas. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Block 4 (Sem 2), Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
23/02/2015 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
50
(
 Lecture Hours 10,
 Summative Assessment Hours 1.5,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 1,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
38 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
20 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Stochastic Optimization (MATH11010 | 1:30 |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| Ability to formulate optimization problems in the presence of uncertainty. Knowledge of techniques that can be used to solve such problems. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| See 'Breakdown of Assessment Methods' and 'Additional Notes' above. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | SO | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Julian Hall 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5075 
Email: J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Frances Reid 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4883 
Email: f.c.reid@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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