Simulation Framework and Big Data for Decision-Making Analyses in Sustainable Development - Higher Education Case Study

Attempts to include some decision-making functionality in sustainable development analysis of higher education are limited by at least three fundamental problems: a) the complexity of the subject domain, b) the need for specific models to support decision-making, and c) the need for a methodological base to reuse various already created models together with future models along with big data. This paper proposes an approach that can potentially reduce the mentioned problems using a simulation umbrella as a united methodological base of the sustainable development paradigm implementation. Described a simulation case study to demonstrate the proposed approach for the decision-making support for the educational programs' quality as a core component of sustainability associated with one of the US higher education institutions.