General
Topic of the seminar: Introduction to Portfolio Decision Analysis and Efficiency Analysis
Teacher: Antti Punkka (forename.surname@aalto.fi)
Contents:
The seminar offers an introduction to models and methods for multi-criteria portfolio decision analysis and multi-criteria efficiency analysis. More specifically, we will focus on multi-criteria selection of a project portfolio and Data Envelopment Analysis based multi-criteria efficiency analysis models. Theoretical topics will be complemented by presentations on reported applications.
The exact topics to be covered depends on the number of students and will hence be announced later.
Practical matters
Seminar meetings: on Fridays 9:15 - 12:00 in room U121a (period I; room M205 in period II)
Assessment methods: Home assignments and presentations; grading principles:
- Maximum points 100
- Presentations 12-60 points - minimum requirement: both presentations 'passed'
- Home assignments 14-28 points - minimum requirement: 14 points
- Participation in seminar meetings: 0-8 points - minimum requirement: 6 out of 8 sessions attended
- Succesful submission of course feedback: 4 points
Grading scale: 0-5
Study material: Scientific articles, book chapters, etc.
Language of instruction: English
Prerequisites: MS-C2105 Introduction to Optimization (or equivalent); MS-E2134 Decision Making and Problem Solving (or equivalent) is useful