Course Number/Name: CS 5800 Algorithms (Master Level) Term: Spring 2014, 15 week term, Flipped Classroom Dates: January 7, 2014 – April 15, 2014 On Campus: Tuesdays/6pm to 8pm Credits: 4 credits Faculty: Karl Lieberherr, Professor, CCIS Northeastern University, 308A WVH Office Hours: Tuesdays/6pm to 8pm E-mail: [email protected] Course web sites: http://nuonline.neu.edu/ (lectures and grades) ...

Techniques to generate probabilistic decision rules are presented. These techniques are used to forecast or measure the competitiveness of companies. Rules estimating the competitiveness of companies are discovered. The generated rules are then applied to forecast the competitiveness of previously unseen companies. Experimental results show that probabilistic decision rule technique outperforms...

The adverse labor market effects of the Great Recession have intensified interest in policy efforts to spur job creation. The two most direct job creation policies are subsidies that go to workers and hiring credits that go to employers. Evidence indicates that worker subsidies are generally more effective at creating jobs. However, the unique circumstances of recovery from the Great Recession,...