CEE 6930 - Public Systems Modeling

Fall. 4 credits.

D. P. Loucks.

An introduction to the art of model building and use, especially related to public sector planning and management issues. The course focuses on the quantitative systems approach for identifying and evaluating alternative possible decisions and their physical, economic, environmental, and social impacts. Modeling methods include various deterministic and probabilistic optimization and simulation models, decision analysis, evolutionary search algorithms, and statistical models applied to a variety of public sector issues. The aim of all of this “modeling technology” is to help us generate and communicate information that can assist and better inform public decision-making.