Decision Sciences

Postgraduate | 2026

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Your study will be 100% online
100% online
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Area/Catalogue
MATH 6018
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Course ID
204208
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Campus
Online
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Mathematical Science
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Daniel Stevenson
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Course level
6
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

This course is focused on equipping students with simulation techniques to underpin decision-making. Simulation is widely used to model systems, to evaluate risk, and to optimise objective functions, with the goal to inform decisions. Building up from uniform random generation, some of the key simulation techniques used for efficient simulation to support decision-making will be presented. Students will be able to utilise: uniform random number and random variable generation; random process generation; discrete-event simulation; basic statistical analysis of simulation data; applications in systems modelling and risk analysis.

Availability

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Census date
Fri 06/11/2026
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Enrol by date
Fri 16/10/2026
Last day to W
Last day to W
Mon 23/11/2026
Last day to WF
Last day to WF
Mon 07/12/2026

Class details

Online

Class number
Class number 68015
Section
Section 01OL
Size
Size 500
Available
Available 499
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
- Online ,
Notes:
Available to Master of Data Science (Applied) students only.

Prerequisite(s)

  • must have completed all of COMP5058 Foundations of Computer Science - Python B/INFO5045 Applications of Data Science/INFO5046 Real Data: Modern Methods for Finding Hidden Patterns/MATH5022 OL Mathematical Foundations of Data Science

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed APPMTH7201OL Decision Sciences at the University of Adelaide

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