Getting Down to Business: Programming in VB

This is THE course for someone who wants or needs to create computer programs to solve day-to-day business problems. Using Visual Basic, currently the most popular programming language in use, the course leads you from simple problems such as sorting and searching for data, to complicated problems such as multiple linear regression techniques for forecasting. You'll not only learn a variety of sorting, searching and forecasting algorithms, you'll create your own DLL (Dynamic Link Library) which you can use to call these functions from within your own VB programs! An outline of the material covered is as follows:

  1. Forecasting Applications
    • Moving Averages
    • Exponential Smoothing
    • Regression and Correlation Analysis
  2. Sorting and Searching
    • Sorting Algorithms
    • Binary Searches
    • Fuzzy Searches
  3. Creating Flow Models
    • PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
    • CPM (Critical Path Method)
    • Shortest Route Problems (Dijkstra methods)
  4. Decision Support Applications
    • Decisions Based on Intangibles
    • Decisions Under Chance
    • Decisions Involving Group Dynamics
  5. Supporting Sales & Marketing
    • Brand Switching (Markov Analysis)
    • Ad Media Selection
    • Monte Carlo Analysis
    • Surveys
  6. Financial Applications
    • Leanring Curves
    • Risk Assessment
    • Altman's Z-Score
    • Budgeting for Profit
    • Basic Financial Calculations

Prerequisites: Introduction to VB or another programming language

Text Book: No text book required. Class Notes will be supplied for each class.

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