ANLY 505 - Modeling, Simulation and Game Theory

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MATH 220 and MATH 280
Description: This course covers the basic principles of mathematical modeling, Monte Carlo simulations, and gamification in modern enterprises. The course draws upon interdisciplinary source material, real-world case studies, and production game environments to identify effective analytical models, strategies, techniques, and metrics for the application of games to business. It also identifies a number of significant pitfalls to the successful implementation of gamification techniques, notably legal and ethical issues, the difficulty of making things fun, and the problems with implementing radical change in established firms. The course’s emphasis is on how Big Data can be used to support the analytical models, simulations and games.