Courses Master Display 2017-2018

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Course title Business intelligence case studies
Course code EBC4107
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
2 30-10-2017 22-12-2017 X X
5 16-4-2018 8-6-2018 X X
Level Advanced
Coordinator Marianne Peeters
For more information: m.peeters@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
This course aims at getting hands-on experience in analysing managerial decision processes based on available data from real-life cases.
Description
This course treats the theory and practice of Business Intelligence. Tools for the analysis of data are discussed, as well as methods for discovering knowledge from information and using this knowledge for intelligent decision making.
Methods for the analysis of data are presented, from current data mining toolboxes. We study how (and how not) to build predictive models to extract information from large data bases and how to interpret the more efficiently and to develop new services for the organizations that provide the data.
The course consists of applying up-to-data data mining techniques on real-life problems. These techniques will be implemented with modern software tools (SAS, SPSS modeler, Tableau, WEKA, XLMiner). Cases are selected from the literature and our own research experience.

Literature
Articles available through Student Portal.
Prerequisites
Basic statistics.
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Final Paper / Participation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Master Business Research IB Electives
Master Business Research Track OR IB Electives
Master Human Decision Science Electives
Master International Business Specialisation Accountancy Electives
Master International Business Specialisation Controlling Electives
Master International Business Specialisation Entrepreneurship and SME Management Electives
Master International Business Specialisation Information Management and Business Intelligence Compulsory Courses
Master International Business Specialisation Organisation: Management, Change and Consultancy Electives
Master International Business Specialisation Strategic Corporate Finance Electives
Master International Business Specialisation Strategy and Innovation Electives
Master International Business Specialisation Sustainable Finance Electives
Master Information and Network Economics Business Electives
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