CIT 12000
Quantitative Analysis I
Course Instructional Objectives
Quantitative Analysis I
Course Instructional Objectives
General Systems Theory
- Identify a set of characteristics that all systems exhibit.
- Develop and follow a standard method for describing systems in narrative terms.
- Observe and diagram the structure of various types of systems using the "Black Box" method.
- Develop organizational or structure charts to illustrate hierarchical relationships.
- Make use of Hierarchy, Sequence Flow, and Planetary Model Diagrams to emphasize different system concepts.
- Create logical matrices to illustrate pairs of related elements as well as those element pairs that are not related to each other.
Set Theory
- Understand the need, and be able, to cluster objects based on common characteristics.
- Formulate and describe sets based on membership criteria.
- Count the number of elements in a set.
- Perform basic set operations such as union, intersection and complementation.
- Construct Venn Diagrams to illustrate set operations.
- Learn and apply the Laws of Set Theory.
Modeling and Modeling Techniques
- Construct logic trees to graphically portray algorithmic behavior.
- Express complex decision processes graphically using flowcharting techniques.
- Build decision tables to illustrate complex alternatives.
- Express complex process descriptions in structured English.
Logic
- What is the meaning of truth? Be able to appreciate the subtleties surrounding truth, falsity, and logical paradoxes.
- Learn the algebra associated with the sentence calculus.
- Construct Truth Tables.
- Understand and appreciate the different strategies for proving theorems.
- Determine the validity of arguments.
