CORE COURSES

Management Science
 

Background
The complexities of international transport and global maritime supply chains and the formulation of related policies often require analysis and decision making through advanced modeling and related tools. Examples of such complexities include pricing strategies; traffic forecasting; port queuing problems; impact analysis; shipping demand/supply modeling; vessel routing and scheduling; purchasing function and inventory control.

Objectives
The aim of this course is to provide students with the required tools and analytical skills in Operations Research, Statistics and Econometrics, to enable them understand, design and critically evaluate business strategy, policy formulation and research/consultant reports.

Compulsory reading