Description:
The course covers different mathematical modeling techniques, including, integer programming models and solution techniques, goal programming, non-linear programming and dynamic programming, Markov analysis.
Lab and Tutorials :
The course is project based and requires software tools during labs.
Literature:
• Barry Render, Ralph M. Stair, JR, and Michael E. Hanna, “Quantitative Analysis for Management”, 10th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.
• Frederick S. Hillier and Gerald J. Lieberman, Introduction to Operations Research (8th ed.), McGraw Hill, New York (2005).
• Hamdy A. Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction (6th ed.)