Course Title: IE4211 Modelling and Analytics

Module Lecturer: Dr. Li Xiaobo

1. Module Description

This course introduces the concept of modelling, optimization and data analytics for Industrial
and Systems Engineering. As systems become more complex and with readily available data,
the course will impart students with the skill to conduct modelling, data analysis and
optimization. It will show how to model a problem, analyse the data to obtain the insight and
optimize the model to make effective decision. Selected use cases in areas such as in supply
chain, health care, and service industries will be drawn to provide applications. Python would
be primally used as the programming language.

2. Learning Outcomes

Students, upon completing this course will be able to:

1. Understand popular analytic models and algorithms
2. Develop an analytic model given the dataset and the objective
3. Solve analytic models using programming language Python
4. Make some informed decision with the aid of predictive analytics.

3. Syllabus

• Introduction to Python
• Linear Regression
• Classification
• Nonlinear Models
• Tree-Based Models
• Support Vector Machine
• Unsupervised Learning
• Optimization

4. Assessment

Final Exam 35%

Course Project 20%
Homework 30%
Coding Exercise 15%