Applied Predictive Analytics

Host University

George Mason University

Semester

Spring 2025

Course Number

OR 568 002

Credits

3

Discipline

Systems Engineering, Operations Research and Engineering Management

Instructor

Erdem Demirtas, Yonca (yerdemde@gmu.edu)

Times and Days

Asynchronous

Course Information

Introduces predictive analytics with applications in engineering, business, and econometrics. Topics include data preprocessing, predictive modeling with various regression and classification models (e.g., linear, logistic regression, tree-based methods, SVM, neural networks, etc.), time series analysis, and case studies. Provides a foundation of basic theory and methodology with applied examples to analyze large engineering, business, and econometric data for predictive decision making. Hands-on experiments with R will be emphasized. Offered by Systems Engr & Operations Rsch. May not be repeated for credit. Equivalent to SYST 568.

Prerequisites

STAT 515 or Graduate Standing at the MSOR or MSSE programs.