474/574: SIE Decision Support Systems
Designation: 2003-04 course description: Elective for Systems and Industrial Engineering Building, testing and evaluating expert systems, computer systems that emulate the human and draw conclusions based on incomplete or inaccurate data. Each student will build a decision support system using commercially available expert system shells. Students will use many tools to test and validate their systems. Familiarity with computers An Introduction to Systems Analysis Techniques Mark Lejk and David Deeks, Addison Wesley, 2nd Edition Additional materials will be distributed in class. Course Content: The following topics will be addressed during the course: Feasibility Analysis (1 Class) Project Management (2 Classes) Requirements Analysis (9 Classes) High Level Design Methods (4 Classes) Low Level Design Methods (4 Classes) Database Design (4 Classes) Implementation (4 Classes) Testing (2 Classes) Deployment (1 Class) The topics and the order in which they are presented are subject to change. Additional topics may be covered as time allows. Homework: Assignments will be distributed in class. All assignments due are at the beginning of class on their due dates. Late assignments will not be accepted without an excused absence as defined by University policy. Two exams will be given. One will be scheduled for approximately midway through the semester and the other will be given during finals week. Exact dates will be provided in advance of the exam date. The final exam is not cumulative.
Prerequisite(s): Textbook(s) and/or Other Materials:
Exams:
2/18/04
ABET Syllabus
1
No makeup exams will be provided without an excused absence as defined by University policy. Attendance: Absences from class are sometimes unavoidable. However, failure to attend class regularly will make it diff...