Information Analytics and Visualization in Decision Making

Catalog description

One of the most potent models of the decision process is the OODA Loop -- that we Observe, Orient, Decide, and then Act. Key to this or any other control and decision (or cybernetic) process is that vast quantities of raw sensory data about the outside world must be processed, abstracted, and then presented in contrast and conjunction with the knowledge previously generated and retained. This two-step process -- the reduction, analysis, filtering and abstracting of data into knowledge, and its presentation in formats and fashions that support the decisions that must be made -- is the subject of this course. The relationships between such analysis and visualization will be examined in the context of business and organizational decision-making and decision support systems concepts.