620-261 Introduction to Operations Research Semester I, 2005

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Notice Board

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Objectives:
This course is designed to give a general introduction to the methods and techniques of Operations Research, including: formulation of optimization problems, linear programming, sensitivity analysis, dynamic programming, and critical path method.

Organization:
There will be three one-hour lectures per week and a weekly tutorial.

Assignments:
There will be weekly assignments which will count for 10% of the overall mark.

Examination:
The result of a three hour examination in June will count for 90% of the total mark.

Prerequisites:
The official prerequisite for this subject is: 620-112, or 620-122, or 620-142, or 620-200, or 620-211. Students who do not comply with this requirement should contact the lecturer immediately.

Reference material:
The main reference material will be the Lecture Notes.

Contents:
See the Table of Contents of the Lecture Notes and the Foreword sections of the Lecture Notes.

World Wide Web page:
For your convenience, information about the course and related material is available on the World Wide Web. The address is www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~moshe/620-261/ and the facility will be operational on Monday, February 28, 2005. Instructions for using this facility will be given in the first class.

First Class:
The first class will be held on Monday, February 28, 2005. Try to attend this class, as a number of important organisational matters will be discussed and decided upon.

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Created: 27 February 2005
Last modified: 27 February 2005
Authorised by: Moshe Sniedovich, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.