157-0575/02 – Decision Making Methods (MVRe)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Systems EngineeringCredits4
Subject guarantordoc. Mgr. Ing. František Zapletal, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Mgr. Ing. František Zapletal, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
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Extent of instruction for forms of study
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Full-time Credit 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students are able to: - define a relationship between decision-making and other components of supervisory process; - classify the decision-making processes form various points of view; - describe the phases of the decision-making process; - use appropriate mehods for identifiaction and determination of weights and their scaling; - use basic methods of decision-making under the risk and uncertainty, scenario building; - use multiobjective decision-making methods under the certainty, - describe the basic approaches to multiobjective optimization.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Compulsory literature:

RAMÍK, J., PERZINA, R. Modern methods of evaluation and decision making. Karviná: Silesian University in Opava, 2008. ISBN: 978-80-7248-497-3. WISNIEWSKI, Mik. Quantitative Methods for Decision Makers. 7th Edition. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2019. ISBN: 1292276614. TAHA, A., Hamdy. Operations Research: An Introduction. 10th Edition. New Jersey: Pearson, 2017. ISBN: 9781292165547.

Recommended literature:

ANDERSON, R. David et al. An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making. Mason: South-western Cengage Learning, 2017. ISBN: 9781473729322. HILLIER, S. Frederick, LIEBERMAN, J., Gerald. Introduction to Operations Research. 11th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2020. ISBN: 1259872998.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Consultations. Written case study.

E-learning

Other requirements

Written test in the form of case study. Proactive approach at lectures and seminars.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Decision making is a key to the management responsibility and the basic management attribute. The decision-making is the elementary comptetence of managers. This process is the essential way how to make a change and how to ensure the effective functioning of the system. This subject contains of the description of basic properties of the decision-making processes and methods suitable for solving the various kinds of decision-making problems. Syllabus: 1) Introduction to the decision-making (from the initial problem to the consequences of the decision). 2) Decision trees and their application. 3) Decision-making under uncertainty - profit and loss criteria (Waldo, Hurwitz, Laplace, Savage). 4) Assessment of weights - scales of weights measuring, methods of weights determination - pairwise comparison (Fuller triangles). 5) Assessment of weights - scales of weights measuring, methods of weights determination - Saaty method, scaling of the weights. 6) Multi attribute decision making - TOPSIS and WSA method. 7) Multi attribute decision making - AHP method. 8) Multi attribute decision making - PROMETHEE and Even-Swap method. 9) Psychological aspects of decision making - biases, their sources and consequences. 10) Game theory - introduction and classification. 11) Game theory - matrix games. 12) Game theory - matrix games: mixed strategies (use of linear programming). 13) Game theory - bi-matrix games. 14) Game theory - cooperative games and distribution of profit.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)
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Credit Credit 100  51 2
Mandatory attendence participation: Written test in the form of case study focused on application of multi-criteria decision making methods.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Written test in the form of case study focused on application of multi-criteria decision making methods.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N0414A050002) Marketing and Business P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2023/2024 (N0414A050002) Marketing and Business P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2022/2023 (N0414A050002) Marketing and Business P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner
Incoming students - MS 2024/2025 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students - MS 2023/2024 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students - MS 2022/2023 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block

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