HBC 2210: OPERATIONS RESEARCH (45 LECTURE HOURS)
Prerequisite – none
Course Purpose
Operations Research course is intended to be an introductory course to beginners in Operations Research.
Programme Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
1. Appreciate commonly used methods in operation research (OR).
2. Use of OR in optimization problems (Maximization of output and minimization of inputs).
Course Description
Week1.History and nature of Operations Research.
Week2.Linear Programming; simplex method, solution and its interpretation.
Week3 linear programming, simplex method, solution and its interpretation
Week 4 application areas; transportation model;
Week 5 using Northwest method, least cost method, vogel approximation method (VAM).
Week 6 CAT 1
Week 7Assignment model; formulation solution.
Week 8 Network model; deterministic,
Week 9 critical path analysis/critical path method,
Week 10 probabilistic model, programme evaluation review technique, crashing, resource
levelling.
Week11 Queuing model, single server and multiserver systems.
Week 12 Cat 2
Week 13 Simulation, Game theory; pure and mixed strategies.
Week 14 & 15 revision and end of semester exams
Teaching Methodology
1. Lectures
2. Group discussions
3. Tutorials
Instructional Materials:
These will include: Tablet, Smart board, LCD projector & Computers, Flipcharts
Course Evaluation
CATs/Assignment/Presentation 30 %
Final Examination 70 %
Total 100%
Course Text books
1. Taha, H. (2007). Operations Research. An Introduction. 9th Edition
2. Hillier, F. And Liebarman, G. (2005). Introduction to Operations Research. 9th Edition
Reference Text Books
1. Hillier, F. and Liebarman, G. (2005). Introduction to Operations Research. 9th Edition
2. Lucey, T. (2002). Quantitative Techniques, 6th edition
Course Journals
1. International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR)
2. Computational Management Science
Reference Journals
1. Production and Operation Management Society Journal
2. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR)
,INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS
RESEARCH
, O.R. about fifty years old & origins traced to latter
half of World War II.
O.R. techniques developed over first twenty years
following inception.
During next thirty or so years pace of development
of fundamentally new O.R. methodologies slowed.
Rapid expansion : breadth of problem areas which
O.R. has been applied & magnitudes of problems
addressed using O.R. methodologies.
, Today, OR is mature, well-developed field with
sophisticated array of techniques used routinely to
solve problems in wide range of application areas.
Prerequisite – none
Course Purpose
Operations Research course is intended to be an introductory course to beginners in Operations Research.
Programme Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
1. Appreciate commonly used methods in operation research (OR).
2. Use of OR in optimization problems (Maximization of output and minimization of inputs).
Course Description
Week1.History and nature of Operations Research.
Week2.Linear Programming; simplex method, solution and its interpretation.
Week3 linear programming, simplex method, solution and its interpretation
Week 4 application areas; transportation model;
Week 5 using Northwest method, least cost method, vogel approximation method (VAM).
Week 6 CAT 1
Week 7Assignment model; formulation solution.
Week 8 Network model; deterministic,
Week 9 critical path analysis/critical path method,
Week 10 probabilistic model, programme evaluation review technique, crashing, resource
levelling.
Week11 Queuing model, single server and multiserver systems.
Week 12 Cat 2
Week 13 Simulation, Game theory; pure and mixed strategies.
Week 14 & 15 revision and end of semester exams
Teaching Methodology
1. Lectures
2. Group discussions
3. Tutorials
Instructional Materials:
These will include: Tablet, Smart board, LCD projector & Computers, Flipcharts
Course Evaluation
CATs/Assignment/Presentation 30 %
Final Examination 70 %
Total 100%
Course Text books
1. Taha, H. (2007). Operations Research. An Introduction. 9th Edition
2. Hillier, F. And Liebarman, G. (2005). Introduction to Operations Research. 9th Edition
Reference Text Books
1. Hillier, F. and Liebarman, G. (2005). Introduction to Operations Research. 9th Edition
2. Lucey, T. (2002). Quantitative Techniques, 6th edition
Course Journals
1. International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR)
2. Computational Management Science
Reference Journals
1. Production and Operation Management Society Journal
2. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR)
,INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS
RESEARCH
, O.R. about fifty years old & origins traced to latter
half of World War II.
O.R. techniques developed over first twenty years
following inception.
During next thirty or so years pace of development
of fundamentally new O.R. methodologies slowed.
Rapid expansion : breadth of problem areas which
O.R. has been applied & magnitudes of problems
addressed using O.R. methodologies.
, Today, OR is mature, well-developed field with
sophisticated array of techniques used routinely to
solve problems in wide range of application areas.
