Mgmt 380
Class Schedule
August 20
- Handout #1:
Course
Policies
- What is Management Science (Operations Research): Why is it done?
When is it done? When and why was it conceived?
August 22
- Handout #2:
Assignment 1
- Reading due: What is
OR/MS?
- Vocabulary: decision variables, objective function, constraints,
optimal solution, etc.
- Exercise: Constraints for a party
August 27
- Creating a linear programming model
August 29
- Article information for Assignment #1 due
- Creating a linear programming model, continued
September 3
September 5
- Solving a linear programming model
September 10
September 12
September 17
- No class: Dr. Manns will be away at a conference
September 19
- Assignment 2 due
- Handout #4:
Assignment 3
- Slack and Surplus
September 24
- Both slack and surplus in a linear programming model:
- Review for exam -- Bring your questions!
September 26
October 1
- Assignment 3 due
- Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Analysis
- Handout #5: Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Analysis (This handout is available in printed form only)
- Handout #6:
Assignment 4
October 3
October 8
October 10
- Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Analysis, continued
October 14
October 17
- Simplex:
- Handout #10 (not on the web; available in hardcopy only)
- minimization objective function
- greater than constraint
October 22
- Integer Linear Programming
October 24
- Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM
October 29
- Assignment 5 due
- Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM, continued
- Handout #11: PERT/CPM with time estimates (not on the web; available
in hardcopy only)
- Handout #12: Assignment 6 (not on the web; available in hardcopy
only)
October 31
- Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM, continued
November 5
November 7
November 12
- Assignment 6 due
- Transportation and Assignment Models
November 14
- Information for Assignment 7
- Work in teams of two or three
- 40 points
- Create a problem that makes use of two modeling techniques
- Present to the client in presentation and written form
- Presentation:
- Dress accordingly
- Time: no longer than 8 minutes
- Client may interrupt and ask questions during the presentation
- One team member should load slides before class so client does not
have to wait between presentations
- Prepare an appropriate written report for the client
November 19
November 26
November 28
- Time to work with your team on Assignment 7 (Dr. Manns will be in
her office)
December 3
- Presentations for Assignment 7
- Josh, Troy, Kathryn
- Alan, Alex
- Gavan, Daniel
- John, Thomas, Allan
- Jana, Zhanna
Friday, December 7th, 8:00am