Operations Research: MA 4910,

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Syllabus

 

SUNY College at Old Westbury

MA4910, Fall 2000

Operations Research,

Classroom Hours: MW 4:20 - 6:00
 

Instructor: Dr. Myong-Hi Kim

Textbook: Introduction to Operations Research, 7th Edition, by Fredrick Hiller and Gerald Liebermann, McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Office Hours

Office

Tel.

email

Web page

MW 1-2:30

MW 6-7

B 342

876-3131

KimM@oldwestbury.edu

http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~myonghi/OW


 
 Course Objective:

 

Students will be introduced to some of the theory and many of the methods of that area of mathematical science now referred to as operations research. They will be exposed to its various aspects of mathematical modeling, optimization, algorithms and economical systems. Applications to such diverse areas as production planning, optimal land use, nutrition management, transportation management and human resource management will be stressed. Students will be required to master technique of modeling, and the theory and method of linear programming problems.
 

 Evaluation:
 

2 Midterm Exams 

15 % each

1 Project

15 %

1 Cumulative Final Exam 

40 %

Quizzes, Homework, Class Participation, Attendance

15 %


 

 Attendance: A record of attendance will be kept. If you miss a class it is your responsibility to find out what material were covered in class, what the homework was and if any announcements have been made about the schedule of upcoming exams and quizzes.

 Policy on NO makeup-exams: There will be no makeup exams. However, if you miss a midterm exam due to serious illness (documented) or serious family emergency (documented) then your score from the final tests will replace the portion of the missing midterm exam.
 
 
Course Outline:
 

Week

Topics

Homework 

1 - 3

Introduction to origins and nature of Operations Research, Review of Calculus and Linear Algebra

 

4 - 5

The graphical Solution to a Linear Programming Problem; Simplex Method; Applications

 

6

The big - M method

Test I

7 - 8

Duality Theory, Sensitivity Analysis.

 

9-10

Transportation Problem

Project

11

Introduction to Network Analysis Models

 

12

Interior Method

Test II

13-14

Dynamic Programming 

 

 

Review

Cumulative Final