MAN 205 Introduction to Operations
Research
Fall
2011 - 2012
Dr.Ayşegül Taş
Class
& Laboratory Meetings
Required
Text and Materials
Course
Description
Weekly
Course Plan
Grading
Policies
| Section 01 |
09:40 - 11:30 on
Monday (Place: B12) 09:40 - 11:30 on Wednesday (Place: Z28) |
| Section 02 |
09:40 - 11:30 on
Tuesday (Place:
Z14) 09:40 - 11:30 on Friday (Place: Amfi 4) |
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Required Text and Materials
a)
Instructor's lecture notes
b) Text Book:
Anderson, Sweeney,
Williams;
An Introduction to Management Science, Quantitative Approaches To Decision
Making, 12th Ed., Thomson , 2008.
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Course Description
An overview of
operations research, the methodology of mathematical modeling, scientific
methodology, linear programming; the graphical, algebraic, and simplex
solutions; duality, sensitivity analysis and applications; integer
programming and solutions; networks.
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Weekly Course Plan
Week |
Date |
Lecture Topics |
|
1 |
Sep 26-Sep 30 |
Introduction, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Qualitative analysis, Quantitative analysis. |
|
2 |
Oct 3– 7 |
Model Development, Data Preparation, Model Solution, Introduction to Linear Programming. |
|
3 |
Oct 10– 14 |
The Graphical Solution of Two-Variable Linear Programming Problems. |
|
4 |
Oct 17 – 21 |
Treatment of Special cases, General algebraic approach. |
|
5 |
Oct 24 – 28 |
Solving linear systems equations, Introduction to Simplex algorithm. |
|
6 |
Oct 31 - Nov 4 |
Simplex algorithm approach. |
|
7 |
Nov 7 – 09 |
Holiday |
|
8 |
Nov 14 – 18 |
Sensitivity analysis of optimization and other problems. |
|
9 |
|
Midterm |
|
10 |
Nov 28 – Dec02 |
Transportation, Assignment. |
|
11 |
Dec 05– 09 |
Transshipment Problems |
|
12 |
Dec 12 – 16 |
Network Models |
|
13 |
Dec 19 – 23 |
Network Models |
|
14 |
Dec 26 – 30 |
Network Models |
|
15 |
Jan 02 – 06 |
General Review |
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Grading Policies
The final grade for this course will be determined by the following percentages:
| Attendance | 5% |
| Quiz(s) | 20% |
| Assignments | 5 % |
| Midterm | 30% |
| Final | 40% |
| TOTAL | 100 |
Last updated: September
28, 2011