Notice Board

618-261:
Introduction to Operations Research

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, two of these will be regular lectures, and one a practice class dedicated to problem solving. There will also be a weekly tutorial (time and location will be discussed in the first lecture).

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.

Reference material:
The main reference material will be the Lecture Notes. See copy of references and bibliography below.

Contents:
See the Table of Contents of the Lecture Notes and the Foreword sections of the Lecture Notes. For your convenience a copy of the Table of Contents is displayed below.

World Wide Web page:
For your convenience, information about the course and related material is available on the World Wide Web. The address is http://www.maths.mu.oz.au/~moshe/618-261/ and the facility be operational on Tuesday, March 4, 1997. Instructions for using this facility will be given in the first class.

First Class:
The first class will be held on 3:15PM, Tuesday, March 3, 1997 in Theatre A, Richard Berry Building. Try to attend this class, as a number of important organisational matters will be discussed and decided upon.

Notice Board

Dear 618-261 Student:

This is to inform you about the arrangements made for the final exam of 618-261: Introduction to Operations Research. Please complete the form at the bottom of this page and send/submit it to me either by mail or in person.

The exam has been scheduled for 9:30AM to 12:30PM on FRIDAY June 13, 1997 in Theatre A and Theatre B, Richard Berry Building. Reading time will commence at 9:15AM.

If you have other exam(s) on Friday, you can take the supplementary exam scheduled for 9:30AM to 12:30PM on WEDNESDAY June 18, 1997 in Theatre B, Richard Berry building. Reading time will commence at 9:15AM.

If you have clashes on both days, you should contact me immediately to arrange an alternative date for you exam.

Best wishes,

Moshe Sniedovich
May 30, 1997

 
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Examination Schedule Form
618-261: Introduction to Operations Research
1997

Please complete this form and submit/mail it to:

Moshe Sniedovich
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
The University of Melbourne
Parkville 3052

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