M1.3 - Decision Making

The main objective of this subject is to introduce quantitative methods and techniques aimed to help the planning activities and, therefore, to support the decision making process. These methods are based in the use of formal models and their corresponding solving techniques. The student will learn how to model the system and its decision making process and then how to apply the methods and techniques to select the optimal solutions. Basic case studies representing typical problems (e.g. planning, scheduling, distribution or routing) are used in the learning process.