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EM 505 Case Study Guideline
EM 505 Case Study Guideline
EM 505 Case Study Guideline
Main body of the report (detailed explanation of the work carried out)
o Define any notation that you use and clearly explain any models that you formulate.
Explain the decision variables, constraints and objective function clearly.
o State your assumptions, if any, that you used in your approach. Ask yourself what
these assumptions means for the problems.
o Provide explanations for your calculations and supply examples if necessary.
Remember that you must convince the reader as to the quality of your solution.
o Summarize the software outputs by using tables, figures or graphs in the body of
main text.
Appendix
o Include all data, tables, diagrams, drawings, etc. which are not immediately
relevant to the main text in the appendix.
o Include software outputs in appendices.
o Discuss all the material in the body of the text. Note that we will not look at an
appendix if you do not discuss it.
EVALUATION
This assignment is to be done in teams of two students. Working in collaboration with
other teams is not allowed. Students can discuss about the problem with their partners
only.
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