Mgmt 380
Class Schedule




January 14 January 16
  • Vocabulary: decision variables, objective function, constraints, optimal solution, etc.
  • Handout #2: Assignment 1
  • Assigned exercise: "Constraints" for a party
January 19: No class -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

January 21

  • Due:
    • Exercise and reading (see above)
    • Do you have your textbook reference?
    • Email article information for Assignment #1
  • Creating a linear programming model
January 23 January 26
  • Exercise due:
    • A manufacturing company
  • A brewery
  • Use of Management Science at a political convention
January 28 January 30 February 2
  • Happy Groundhog Day!
  • Examples of memos (for assignments) shown
  • Solving a linear programming model with STORM
February 4 February 6
  • Assignment #2 due
  • Handout #4: Assignment 3
February 9
  • Time to work on Assignment 3
February 11 February 13
  • Assignment #3 due
  • Handout: Exercise
  • Exam question and answer time .. Bring your questions to class
February 16
  • Exam I
February 18
  • Sensitivity Analysis
February 20
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Handout: Assignment 4
February 23
  • Sensitivity Analysis
February 25
  • TBA
February 27
  • Sensitivity Analysis
March 2
  • Networks
March 4
  • Assignment 4 due
  • Transportation and Assignment
  • Handout: Assignment 5
March 6
  • TBA
March 9 - 13: SPRING BREAK

March 16

  • SIMPLEX
March 18
  • SIMPLEX
March 20
  • Assignment 5 due
  • TBA
March 23
  • SIMPLEX
March 25
  • SIMPLEX
March 27 March 30
  • Exam II
April 1
  • PERT/CPM
April 3
  • PERT/CPM
April 6
  • PERT/CPM
April 8
  • PERT/CPM
April 10 April 13 April 15
  • Inventory models, continued
April 17
  • No class
April 20
  • Inventory models, continued
April 22
  • "special cases"
April 24
  • wrap-up
April 27
  • TBA
April 29
  • TBA
May 1
  • final project presentations
May 4
  • final project presentations
Monday, May 11, 8am
  • Final Exam