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END 204 - Operations Research I

Faculty of Business and Management Sciences · Economics · Undergraduate

ECTS: 6 T+P+L: 3+0+0 University Elective
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Course Objective

To teach the concept of modeling and decision making, general methodologies and solution procedures in Operations Research and to provide scientific determination of management policies and activities using this information.

Course Content

Quantitative decision making, modeling philosophy and model building, Formulation and Graphical Solution Method in Linear Programming, Linear Programming applications, Sensitivity Analysis in Graphical Solution, Simplex Method, Revised Simplex Method, Duality and Sensitivity Analysis, Transportation Model, Assignment Model, Transport Model and using Lindo software for solving linear models.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Know the concept of optimization.
  2. Gains the ability to model and analyze real life problems.
  3. Gains knowledge about linear models and linear programming.
  4. Gains the ability to use the methods of finding optimal solutions of mathematical problems.
  5. It uses some computer software to create, solve and analyze a linear model.
  6. Can provide solutions and perform analysis for transportation and assignment problems with some special methods.
  7. Define and model network flows.

Core Area Distribution

(46) Mathematics and Statistics%40 (48) Computing%10 (52) Engineering and Engineering Trades%50