END 337E - Intr. to Operations Research

Course Objectives

This is an introductory course on operations research designed for undergraduate level students in engineering departments other than industrial engineering. It will give them the essential tools of operations research to enable them model and make scientifically based decisions.

Course Description

Modeling in operations research (OR), linear programming (simplex method, duality, sensitivity analysis), transportation and assignment, integer programming, non-linear programming, goal programming, combinatorial optimization, OR modeling and optimization software (Excel Solver, GAMS)