Mgmt 380
Class Schedule

August 26 September 2 September 9
  • Chapter 2, continued
  • Solving a linear programming model with STORM software
  • Slack and Surplus
  • Handout #4: Assignment 3
  • Short PowerPoint demo (for students who have never used PowerPoint)
September 16 September 23
  • Exam I
September 30 October 7
  • Chapter 3
  • Sensitivity Analysis & Parametric Programming
    • Handout #5 (distributed in class on September 16)
    • Handout #8: Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming Exercise
October 14
  • Review of exercise on Handout #8
  • The Simplex Method for maximization problems and with <= constraints
    • Chapter 5
    • Handout #9: The Simplex Method
    • Handout #11: Simplex Method (for maximization problems with <= constraints) Exercise (due Oct. 21)
  • Handout #10: Assignment 6
October 21
  • Chapter 5
  • Exercise on Handout #11 due
  • The Simplex Method for minimization problems and with >= constraints
    • Handout #12: Simplex Minimization Problem with >= Constraints (handout not available on the web)
===>> NOTE: Dr. Manns will be out of town at a conference in California during the week of October 27th.

October 28

  • Exam II
November 4
  • Assignment 6 presentations
  • Chapter 7
  • Transportation and Assignment models
  • Handout #13: Assignment 7
November 11
  • Chapter 10
  • Project scheduling: PERT / CPM models
    • Handout #14: PERT/CPM exercise (handout not available on the web)
    • Handout #15: PERT/CPM with time estimates (handout not available on the web)
  • Assignment 8 (final project due December 2)
    • No handout -- Assignment will be explained in class
    • Must be done in teams
    • 20 points
    • written memo and presentation
      • presentation time <= 10 minutes
November 18
  • PERT / CPM, continued
  • Chapter 9
  • Network Flow Models
    • shortest route
    • minimal spanning
    • maximal flow
  • Handout #16: Assignment 9
November 25 December 2
  • Final Project Presentations .. and pizza!
December 9
  • Final Exam