Week 7-Decision Support with Dr. Greenes

2 consecutive lectures with Dr. Greenes was helpful. I believe he customized the 2nd lecture, based on our apparent knowledge deficiencies. Decision support is a remarkable area. Admittedly, the methods are a bit less inspiring than the actual function, but you can’t have one without the other. I think the way this tied in with the 501 lectures was also useful.
I attended the seminar on Thursday with Dr. Fram. He mentioned that the brain diverts 70% of its use to visual matters. This seems to give credence to the development of models, as they are frequently displayed in decision support. I downloaded Dr. Greenes recommended freeware from http://infolab.umdnj.edu/windm/. It appears to be a useful tool for mapping DA, but also a valuable learning aid if you’re new to the subject.

Overall, I did have difficulty assigning values on the decision tree. Perhaps, if important, this could be further addressed in our “math bootcamp”.

Lee