Skip to content | Change text size

M O N A T A R

InfoTech Unit Avatar

BUS5650 Business applications of neural networks

Chief Examiner

This field records the Chief Examiner for unit approval purposes. It does not publish, and can only be edited by Faculty Office staff

To update the published Chief Examiner, you will need to update the Faculty Information/Contact Person field below.

NB: This view restricted to entries modified on or after 19990401000000

Unit Code, Name, Abbreviation

BUS5650 Business applications of neural networks [Bus App Neural Networks ]

Reasons for Introduction

Obsolete Reasons for Introduction

Addition of prerequisite of BUS9530 Business Systems B or equivalent.Neural networks are an emerging technology gaining wide acceptance in the business community. Many corporations are currently using neural networks for a variety of business applications including finance and investment, marketing, data mining and project management. The popularity of neural networks is expected to continue to increase, as businesses become more informed about the power of neural networks. Many of our Sponsor organisations such as IBM are very active in intelligent techniques, and are keen to recruit graduates with knowledge of these emerging technologies. A variety of commercial software is available for neural networks, and graduates of Business Systems degrees should be aware of how this technology can be a useful solution tool in a business environment.

Reasons for Change (29 Jul 2004, 4:57pm)

Change of semester of offering from semester 1 to semester 2. This is for staffing reasons.

Objectives

Unit Content

Teaching Methods

Assessment

Workloads

Resource Requirements

Software Requirements (21 Oct 2005, 1:04pm)

Software Title: Viscovery SOMine

Vendor: Eudaptics
Version: demo
OS: Windows
First Semester Week Required : week 1
License Details: ( )Licensed ( )Site License (x)Freeware
Nominated Staff for software testing:
Name: Lucky Effendi
Phone: x55218
Email: Lucky.Effendi@infotech.monash.edu.au
Additional Information / Functionality / Special Requirements:

Software Title: NeuroShell

Vendor: Ward Systems Group, Inc.
Version: 2
OS: Windows
First Semester Week Required : week 1
License Details: (x)Licensed ( )Site License ( )Freeware
Nominated Staff for software testing:
Name: Lucky Effendi
Phone: x55218
Email: Lucky.Effendi@infotech.monash.edu.au
Additional Information / Functionality / Special Requirements:

Prerequisites

Prerequisite Units (15 Jan 2007, 3:09pm)

Completion of 12 points of postgraduate level Faculty of Information Technology units

Proposed year of Introduction (for new units) (29 Jul 2004, 4:58pm)

Existing unit

Frequency of Offering (29 Jul 2004, 4:58pm)

Offered twice a year, semester 2 and summer.

Faculty Information

Proposer

K A Smith

Approvals

School: 08 Feb 2007 (Geraldine DCosta)
Faculty Education Committee: 08 Feb 2007 (Geraldine DCosta)
Faculty Board: 10 Dec 2007 (Julianna Dawidowicz)
ADT:
Faculty Manager:
Dean's Advisory Council:
Other:

Version History

12 Apr 2002 Caitlin Slattery Add prerequisites.
16 Apr 2002 Caitlin Slattery Approved SEC 08/04/2002
19 Apr 2002 Caitlin Slattery Addition of prerequisite of BUS9530 Business Systems B or equivalent.
01 May 2002 Caitlin Slattery Edited as per FEC steering committee recommendations
29 Jul 2004 Caitlin Slattery modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Frequency; modified DateOfIntroduction; modified FacultyInformation/FICoordinator
29 Jul 2004 John Betts BUS School Approval, Approved School of Business Systems Education Committee 28 - 07 - 2004
05 Aug 2004 Ralph Gillon FEC Approval
25 Aug 2004 Ralph Gillon FacultyBoard Approval
15 Nov 2004 Lucky Effendi modified ResourceReqs/SoftwareReqs
16 Nov 2004 Lucky Effendi modified ResourceReqs/SoftwareReqs
17 Oct 2005 David Sole Added Software requrirements template
21 Oct 2005 David Sole Updated requirements template to new format
15 Jan 2007 Ai Yeo modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits
08 Feb 2007 Geraldine DCosta BUS School Approval, Approved GPG Mtg 1/07
08 Feb 2007 Geraldine DCosta FEC Approval
08 Feb 2007 Geraldine DCosta FacultyBoard Approval - The Graduate Postgraduate Programs Committee now has authority to formally approve minor unit amendments. GPG Mtg 1/07 has approved this version. Faculty Board approval has been added to aid administration in Monatar.
10 Dec 2007 Julianna Dawidowicz FacultyBoard Approval - Faculty Board approved the disestablishment of this unit at 05/07 meeting

This version: