ENGG 199.20 - Decision Analysis for Wicked Climate Problems

Description

The 21st century's biggest challenges resist traditional problem-solving approaches. These wicked problems, such as addressing climate risks, can't be solved with standard engineering methods because they involve multiple stakeholders with competing goals, uncertainties that evolve over time, and complex system behaviors we're still trying to understand. Decision-makers need new tools and frameworks that can handle this complexity while still pointing the way toward practical action. In this course, students will learn about state-of-the-art technical methods that offer promise for meeting decision-making needs to respond to climate risks. Topics range from complex systems analysis to reinforcement learning, and multi-objective robust decision-making.

Prerequisites

ENGS 93, ENGS 193, or equivalent course in probability and statistics, or permission of the instructor. ENGS 172 is recommended. Students should be proficient in a programming language such as Julia, Python, R, or MATLAB.