Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2002: Units indexed by faculty
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School of Business Systems


The school focuses its teaching and research activities on the application of computer and related technologies to business problems. It publishes in a range of industrial journals, presents at international conferences, liaises with Australian industry and produces the Business Systems Research journal.
For further information on the school, visit http://www.bsys.monash.edu.au or email bsinfo@infotech.monash.edu.au

Research

Business Decisions Support Systems

Efficiency and productivity analysis; multiple criteria decision making; data envelopment analysis; project evaluation and analytical hierarchy processes; scheduling applications; fuzzy logic applications; multilingual decision support; architectures of integrated information systems.

Business modelling -- optimisation and simulation

Sequential decision making; dynamic programming; global optimisation; event-driven process chains; discrete event simulation; simulation agents and software; applications of Monte-Carlo simulation.

Data mining

Business intelligence; database analysis; data visualisation; customer relationship management; consumer modelling; market segmentation; forecasting and prediction; use of intelligent techniques such as neural networks, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms; expert systems; applications to finance, marketing, retail, insurance and telecommunications.

E-commerce systems

Electronic commerce; electronic data interchange; automatic identification; bar coding; electronic funds transfer; data encryption; EDI-compatible business software; electronic marketing on networks; supply and distribution chain improvements.

Financial, accounting and administrative systems

Financial modelling; option pricing models; financial index forecasting systems; financial and strategic planning; shareholder value analysis; corporate budgeting models; enterprise systems; applications of management science and operations research to finance; statistical business modelling.

Health care systems

Epidemic modelling; hospital management; case mix funding; integrated health information systems; genome analysis; diagnostic decision support.

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