Optimization and prescriptive decision models

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Introduces the frameworks, algorithms and applications of optimization modeling and operations research methods that can help healthcare professionals, managers and organizations prescribe optimal decisions and solutions. Real-world cases will be discussed with applications of linear programming, network flows, integer programming, nonlinear programming, heuristics, as well as stochastic methods, to motivate the use of optimization to support managerial decision making and problem solving and develop relevant skills for identifying opportunities and managing the implementation of optimization.