Class Schedule

Mgmt 380
Class Schedule

Exam Dates:
Exam 1: February 19
Exam 2: April 1
Final Exam (comprehensive): April 29

January 15

Handout #1: Course Policies
What is Management Science (Operations Research): Why is it done? When is it done? When and why was it conceived?
January 20

Handout #2: Assignment 1
Chapter 1 in An Introduction to Management Science
Assigned Reading: What Keeps a Bottom Line Healthy?
Vocabulary: decision variables, objective function, constraints, optimal solution, etc.
Creating a linear programming model
Beaver Creek Pottery Company
January 22

Chapter 1 in An Introduction to Management Science, continued
Creating a linear programming model, continued
A machine shop (Students: complete this before class)
An electrical manufacturer
A brokerage firm
A brewery
A manufacturing company
January 27

Snow day -- no classes -- Change in schedule (see below)
January 29

Discussion of the exercise assigned on Jan. 22
Discussion of reading assigned on Jan. 20
February 3

Handout #3: Assignment 2
Chapter 2 in An Introduction to Management Science
Solving a linear programming model
Beaver Creek Pottery Company
A farmer (exercise to complete for class on Feb. 5)
February 5

Chapter 2 in An Introduction to Management Science
Solving a linear programming model, continued
Island Publishing
February 10

Assignment 3 (15 points)
Chapter 2 in An Introduction to Management Science, continued
Solving a linear programming model with STORM software
February 12

Snow day -- no classes
February 17

Assignment 3 due
Handout #4: Assignment 4
Chapter 2 in An Introduction to Management Science, continued
Slack and Surplus

Slack in a linear programming model: Beaver Creek Pottery Company
Surplus in a linear programming model: Fertilizing a field
Both slack and surplus in a linear programming model: Island Publishing

February 19

Chapter 3 in An Introduction to Management Science
Shadow Price
February 24

Exam I
February 26

Assignment 4 due: Since this was a snow day, students will need to bring the paper to my office (slip it under the door or put it in my mailbox)
March 2

Chapter 6 in An Introduction to Management Science
Sensitivity Analysis & Parametric Analysis

Handout #5
Handout #6

Handout #7: Assignment 5
March 4

Chapter 6 in An Introduction to Management Science
Sensitivity Analysis & Parametric Analysis, continued
March 6-14: Spring Break!
March 16

Chapter 6 in An Introduction to Management Science
Sensitivity Analysis & Parametric Analysis, continued
March 18

Assignment 5 due
Chapter 8 in An Introduction to Management Science
Integer Linear Programming

Total Integer Model
0-1 Integer Model
Mixed Integer Model

Handout #8: Assignment 6
March 23

Chapter 5 in An Introduction to Management Science
Simplex
Handout #9: Example of the Simplex Method
March 25

Chapter 5 in An Introduction to Management Science
Simplex, continued
March 30

Assignment 6 due
Chapter 8 in An Introduction to Management Science
Handout #10 (not available on the web): Simplex with minimization and with >= constraints
Handout #11: Assignment 7
April 1

Exam II
April 6

Chapter 10 in An Introduction to Management Science
Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM
Handout #12: PERT/CPM example (not available on the web)
April 8

Assignment 7 due
PERT/CPM, continued
Handout #13: PERT/CPM Example with time estimates (not available on the web)
Handout #14: Assignment 8
April 13

PERT/CPM, continued
April 15

Chapter 9 in An Introduction to Management Science
Network Models
April 20

Assignment 8 due
Chapter 7 in An Introduction to Management Science
Transportation and Assignment models
Assignment 9
April 22

Chapter 11 in An Introduction to Management Science
Inventory Models
Carpet Discount Store
Haynes Electronics
April 27

Inventory Models, continued
Back to the Carpet Discount Store
Assignment 9 presentations for graduating seniors
April 29

Final Exam
May 6

Assignment 9 presentations