Course Outline

MEL221 OR Part

Introduction to OR
Introduction to Linear Programming
Introduction to Queuing Theory*
Introduction to Simulation*

Books:
1. Operations Research by Hillier and Lieberman
2. Operations Research by Taha
Marks

Test: Minors: 15 (each) Major: 30

Tutorial and one computer program on Linear Programming } 10 marks

List of Practicals
1. Write a Matrix inversion program and test it.
2. Write a program for the intuitive method of solving an LP program
and test it.
3. Use the library program to solve different cases of the LP problem.
4. Write the simplex program and test it for different cases of the LP
problem.
5. Write the revised simplex program and test it for different cases for
the LP problem.
6. Write the dual simplex program.
7. Do a sensitivity analysis on 4.

OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Applied Probability Models

Mathematical Programming

-Stochastic Processes

-Linear Prog. and Extensions

-Queuing Theory

-Transportation Algorithms

-Inventory Theory

-Networks

-Maintenance

-Game Theory

-Liability

-Dynamic Programming

-Markov Decision Process

-Goal Programming

-Financial Modeling

-Decision Theory

-Stochastic Programming

-Non-Linear Programming

-Simulation

-Integer Programming

-Queuing Networks