The School of Business Systems is an internationally recognised centre of
information technology and business excellence, attracting high-quality
students and world-class staff. The school focuses on leading-edge research in
different areas of business and IT, including finance, the corporate sector,
health, the public sector, industry and logistics. Most of the research carried
out arises from real business issues and situations, which gives the school an
original and pertinent view of business and IT in the real world.
School of Business Systems staff are experts in their field, using the most
sophisticated and state-of-the-art methods and techniques for the cutting-edge
research for which the school is known. Staff regularly publish papers in
prestigious international journals, present at high-level conferences
worldwide, are members of professional societies, and have worked in business
relevant to their research area for most of their working lives.
The school has an enviable record of winning competitive research funding and
is continually exchanging information and findings with industry and business
on a global scale. In the last few years, the school has collaborated on
research projects with organisations in Spain, Germany, Thailand, France and
Canada - including student and staff exchanges.
The school also enjoys productive, close links with industry and commerce,
collaborating extensively with local and international industries, universities
and other organisations. Most of the starting points for the school's research
arise in the real business world.
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.
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.
Sequential decision making; dynamic programming; global optimisation; event-driven process chains; discrete event simulation; simulation agents and software; risk analysis applications of simulations to epidemiology and public health.
Business intelligence; database analysis; data utilisation; customer relationship management; consumer modelling; market segmentation; forecasting and prediction; neural networks; genetic algorithms; expert systems and applications to finance, marketing, retail, insurance telecommunications and health.
Electronic commerce; electronic data interchange; automatic identity; bar coding; electronic funds transfer; data encryption; EDI-compatible business software; electronic marketing on networks.
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 and business modelling.
Epidemic modelling; hospital management; case mix funding models; integrated health information systems; genome analysis; diagnostic decision support.
Information technology, people and society.
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