Class Schedule

Mgmt 380
Class Schedule

August 17:

Class Policies
Assignment #1
Introduction to Management Science (chapter 1)
Introduction to Linear Programming (chapter 2)

August 24:

Introduction to Linear Programming, continued
Assignment #2
August 31:

Assignment #2 due
The Simplex Method (chapter 3)
Assignment #3
September 7:

Assignment #3 due
Simplex, continued
Introduction to STORM (Storm Exercise)
Assignment #4
Reminder: As stated on Handout #1, bring two disks to every class
September 14:

Exam 1 (See Handout #1 for more details.)

September 21:

"Special cases" in linear programming
Assignment #4 due
Assignment #5

September 28:

Sensitivity Analysis
Assignment #5 due
Assignment #6

October 5:

More about sensitivity analysis and parametric programming
Mixed constraint problem examples
An infeasible problem
Assignment #6 due
Assignment #7

October 12:

Class presentations: Assignment #7 due
October 19:

Exam II
October 26:

Transportation Model Techniques: NW Corner, Least-Cost Method, Stepping-Stone Method
Exercises: Text pg. 222, #1 and Text pg. 223, #4
November 2:

Transportation Model Techniques: Vogel's Approximation
Assignment Model
Assignment #8
November 9:

Network Models
Assignment #8 due
November 16:

Network Models
Assignment #9
November 23:

Thanksgiving Holiday
November 30:

Other Models and "The Manager & Management Science"
Assignment #9 due
December 7:

Final Exam