A. I. Cuza University of Iaşi

Operational Research

Course nameOperational Research CodeMOC1102
Class Master of Computational Optimization, 2009 - 2011
Level Master Year 1 Semester 1 Status Compulsory
Hours per weekTotal hours per semesterTotal hours of individual workCreditsEvaluation typeTeaching language
CSLPr
2 0 2 0 56 124 8 E ro
Taught byAcademic and scientific title, name
Associate Professor, PhD, Rodica Brânzei
Required courses
ObjectivesOperations Research (OR) is the application of scientific techniques and methodology to decision-making problems. The purpose of the course is to provide a sound understanding of several quantitative models and methods which are frequently and successfully applied in managerial decision making, and more generally, to demonstrate the possibilities and limitations of the quantitative approach in the analysis of decision situations.
General thematicsOverview of the OR Modelling Approach;
  • Linear Programming (LP); Graphical LP solutions; The Simplex Method;
  • Duality Theory and Sensitivity Analysis;
  • Integer Programming;
  • Game Theory and Decision Analysis,
  • Queueing Theory;
  • Inventory Theory.
Seminary / Laboratory thematicsThe OR laboratory is application oriented and is mainly build on the case method. The case method creates a classroom in which students succeed to understand theory and exercise the skills of leadership and team work in the face of real problems. Several types of managerial decision problems are described which can be adequately represented by quantitative models and can be solved by mathematical methods. The emphasis is on model formulation. Computer solutions by using spreadsheet programs (like Excel) and computer interpretations in the context of the decision situations are also demonstrated.
Teaching methodsLectures using overhead projector and blackboard.
Bibliography
  1. Hamdy A. Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction, 8/E, Pearson, 2008;
  2. Frederick S. Hillier and Gerald J. Lieberman, Operations Research, 8/E, McGraw Hill, 2005;
  3. Rodica Brânzei, Dinko Dimitrov and Stef Tijs, Models in Cooperative Game Theory, Springer, 2008.
EvaluationconditionsME (midterm evaluation), FE (final evaluation), W (Laboratory works)
criteriasME ≥ 6, FE ≥ 4, W ∈ {0, 1, 2}
modesME (written test, 90 minutes) covers weeks 1 to 6; FE (written test, 90 minutes) covers weeks 8 to 13.
formulaME + FE + W
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