IE 5500 — Systems Engineering in Public Programs

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditional

Introduces the design, development, analysis, and application of mathematical modeling for addressing public programs and societal needs. Systems engineering and mathematical models form the basis for decision making in both public and private applications. Focusing on societal applications, offers students an opportunity to discover how to incorporate public objectives and characteristics of large systems in the development of models and policies. Examines applications in the operation of public programs (e.g., public health systems, government programs) and public safety (e.g., security, emergency preparedness, and disaster response). Modeling techniques include game theory, data envelopment analysis, cost-benefit analysis, simulation, differential equations, and stochastic optimization. Requires equivalent course work if prerequisites are not met.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - IE 4515 (min D-)
  - OR 6205 (min C-)
- one of:
  - IE 3412 (min D-)
  - IE 5374 (min D-)
  - MATH 3081 (min D-)
  - IE 5374 (min C-)
  - IE 6200 (min C-)
  - IE 6400 (min C-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	3	19	16%	16.0
Spring 2026	1	10	10	100%	0.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 77%

Common patterns: TF (77% of sections), T (23% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

Kayse Maass (77% of students) · reviews
Jacqueline Griffin (23% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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