Benha University Faculty of Engineering

M 1481 , Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Ibraheem Sabry

OPERATION RESEARCH
 Lecture Time:
Monday 1230 : 1415
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Assessment Method Timing Grade (Degrees)

Semester work: seminars, quizzes, Bi-Weekly 20
assignments, and reports
Mid-Term Exam 6-th Week 20
Practical Exam Fifteenth week 20
Written Exam Sixteenth week 90
Total 150
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Total Grade : 150

Final Exam : 90
Term Work : 20
(Midterm Exam, Assignments, Reports and projects, Attendance)
Oral Exam : 20
Teaching Assistant:
Eng. Ahmed
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 Work Methodology
•Students will be organized in groups of 4-6 persons
•The team group is responsible on accomplishing the requested
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tasks and projects during the course duration

•Each team group will prepare a specific project, which
will be presented and discussed in an oral exam at the end of
the course
 Course materials:
Textbook + PPT/Board + Lecture notes
 Course goals:
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1. analyze the real-application problem and design for it a OR model;

2. able to solve some small-scale OR problems by hand (algorithm);
3. know how to use some software (ex. Excel) to solve some OR models.

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 Topic Outline:

1. Linear Programming Formulation

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2. Introduction and Overview

3. Solving Linear Programming
4. Theory of Simplex
5. Sensitivity analysis
6. Duality
7. Network models
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8. Transportation
9. Assignment
10. Critical path method

11. Optimization

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DR. IBRAHIM SABRY Lecturer 1

Operation Research
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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION
Faculty of Engineering WHAT IS ENGINEERING ?
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The application of
scientific and
mathematical
principles to practical
ends such as the
design, manufacture,
and operation of
efficient and
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economical structures,
machines, processes,
and systems.

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SYSTEM ENGINEERING ?

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Industrial Engineering (IE)?

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 Definition of Operations Research (OR)

Operational Research can be simply formulated as the science of rational

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decision-making along, aims at determining the systematic behavior and hence

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optimizing the results.

Problem technique optimum

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Model

Mathematical • Physical
model model

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 Overview of Operations Research (OR)
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Scientific approach to managerial decision

making

Quantitative Meaningful
Raw Data
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Analysis Information
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Why Operations Research is awesome
 What is the scope of operational research
The scope and applications of operations research empower
decision-making in those business aspects where there is a larger
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concern of allocation of scarce resources especially like capital,

investment, labour, etc.
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Characteristics of OR

Optimization

Simulation
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Probability and Statistics

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 Where is Operation Research Used?
Here are the most common problems that can be solved by Operation Research:
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Stream Problems
Areas of concentration for R&D
Reliability and alternate decisions
Research and Development
Determination of time-cost trade-off
and control of development projects

Mixes of age and skills

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Personnel Management
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Job assignments

Product selection, competitive

actions,
Finance and Banking Number of salesmen
strategies with respect to cost and
time

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Facilities Planning
Manufacturing: Production scheduling and
Production Management optimum product mix
Maintenance policies
Project scheduling and allocation of resources
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Determination of quantities and timing of

purchases,
Purchasing Bidding policies
Replacement policies
Exploitation of new material resources

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 Scope of Operational Research: Job Profiles

Research Analyst Operations Analyst Business Analyst

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Operation Research
Project Manager Data Analyst
Analyst

System Analyst
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Consultant Senior Analyst

Operations Officer Project Analyst Quality Assurance

Analyst
 What are the advantages of OR
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Effective Decisions

Better Coordination
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Facilitates Control

Improves Productivity
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 The OR Approach

Definition problem
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Develop model

Acquire input data

Develop solution
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Test solution

Analysis the result

Implement the solution

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 Formulating the problem
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Define the
The problem goal and the
is quantitative constraints
imposed on it
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 Building the model
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Find a relationship between

the coefficients of the
problem in correct
mathematical form
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Implementation of solution

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