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Operations Research (1)

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An introductory course in Operations Research covering linear programming formulation, the graphical and simplex methods, duality and sensitivity analysis, and network-based models such as the transportation and assignment problems, with an emphasis on formulating and solving real engineering decision problems.

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Units

  1. Unit 1

    First Semester

    Introduction to Operations Research and formulation and graphical solution of linear programming models.

  2. Unit 2

    Second Semester

    The simplex algorithm, the dual problem, shadow prices, and sensitivity (post-optimality) analysis.

  3. Unit 3

    Final

    Transportation and assignment problems, methods for initial and optimal solutions, and an introduction to network models.