Cost modeling & cascades

Course outcomes

• MST 504 CO1

  Demonstrate Foundations — decisions, probability, economics competence: complete the Day 1–7 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

• MST 504 CO3

  Demonstrate Integration & graphs — agents, knowledge graphs, evals competence: complete the Day 16–23 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

• MST 504 CO4

  Demonstrate Production, AWS, security & mastery competence: complete the Day 24–30 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

Taught in weeks & phases

• MST 504 · Phase 1 — Foundations — decisions, probability, economics
• MST 504 · Phase 3 — Integration & graphs — agents, knowledge graphs, evals
• MST 504 · Phase 4 — Production, AWS, security & mastery

Textbook chapters