DIS 350 Spring 2009, T & TH 12:30-1:45pm, B&E 201

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Topic

Date

Assignments Due

1

Ch1:Introduction

Jan 15

Read: Ch1 and the stories in the world of Management Science (p14-15)

2

Ch2:Make vs Buy Problem

Jan 20

Read: Ch2 page 17-24 Ch3 page 45-67

 

Ch3:Make vs Buy Problem

Jan 22

Read: Ch2 page 17-24 Ch3 page 45-67

3

Ch3:Investment, Transportation

Jan 27

Read: page 65-78
HW1: 3-20 (i.e., Ch3 problem 20), 3-28

 

Ch3:Blending

Jan 29

Read: page 78-85

4

Ch3:Production Planning

Feb 03

Read: page 85-90
HW2: 3-19, 3-32

 

Ch3:Cash Flow Problem

Feb 05

Read: page 90-102

5

Ch4:Sensitivity Analysis

Feb 10

Read: page 136-158
HW3: 3-24, 3-39

 

Ch5:Transshipment

Feb 12

Read: page 177-184

6

Ch5:Shortest Path

Feb 17

Read: page 184-189
HW4: 4-4, 4-21

 

Ch5:Generalized Network Flow

Feb 19

Read: page 194-200 

7

Ch5:Maximal Flow and Other

Feb 24

Read: page 201-208
HW5: 5-3(questions a-c), 5-32

 

No Class - Prep for Team Project

Feb 26

8

Team Project 1 Presentations

Mar 03

Due: Team Proj 1 Documents

 

Mid-Term Ch1-5 (In-Class)

Mar 05

9

Ch6:Employee Scheduling, Capital Budgeting

Mar 10

Read: page 232-254

HW6: 5-30, 6-13 

 

Ch6:Fixed-Charge Problem (Big M)

Mar 12

Read: page 254-261

HW6: 5-30, 6-13 

10

Spring Break

Mar 17

 

Spring Break

Mar 19

11

Ch7:Goal Programming

Mar 24

Read: page 297-307
HW7: 6-15, 6-14 (a fixed-cost problem) 

 

Ch7:Multiple Objective LP

Mar 26

Read: page 307-321 

12

Ch11: Time Series Forecasting, Stationary Data

Mar 31

Read: page 485-499
HW8: 7-12, 7-16 (Question a-c)

 

Ch11: Seasonality

Apr 02

Read: page 500¨C507

13

Ch11: Trend models, double moving avg, HoltĄ¯s method

Apr 07

Read: page 507-514
HW9: Ch 11 problems 23 to 26

 

Ch11: Holt-WinterĄ¯s methods

Apr 09

Read: page 514-522

14

Ch11: Linear and Quadratic Trend Regression

Apr 14

Read: page 522-528, Ch9
HW10: Ch 11 problems 17 to 21. For prob 19, only do a-c.

 

Ch11: Seasonality with Regression Models

Apr 16

 Read: page 528-538

15

Team Project 2 Presentations

Apr 21

Due: Team Proj 1 Documents

Ch15: Deterministic Decision Rule

Apr 23

Read: page 724-733

HW11: Ch 11 problems 15-16, 22
for the last problem, use the seasonal regression model on page 535

16

Ch15: Probabilistic Methods

Apr 28

Read: page 733-739

TBA

Apr 30

HW12: 15-4
Extra Credit(1%): 15-19 question a-c

 

Final Ch6-15 (take home)

 

 

Last update 1/13/2009