DECISION THEORY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2017/2018
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2019/2020
Course type: 
Optional subjects
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
6
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
40
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (40 hours)
Requirements: 

Knowledge of some topics covered in Matematica and Matematica per l'economia e la finanza courses.

Written exam split in two parts: the first is the solution of problems using a PC while the second is a standard written exam.
The final grade will be given based on the overall performance in the two parts.
The exam total duration is 2 hours

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

This course aims at presenting a range of quantitative approaches capable of dealing with economic and financial choices in both a deterministic and uncertain setting.

Choices in a deterministic framework: linear programming as a tool for solving management problems; sensitivity analysis of optimal solutions.

Choiches under uncertainty: decision trees, Bayesian based decisions. Expected utility theory and its application to the portfolio management problem as proposed by Markovitz

The final list of topics will be handed at the end of the course

Lectures notes. Additional material will be uploaded online.

Convenzionale

Lectures will be offered both in a classroom and in a PC lab Lectures.

None

Professors

MORETTO ENRICO