19/09/2013
UNIVERSITY OF GAZİANTEP
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Course Number: IE 321
Course Title: Operations Research I
Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Dr. Serap Ulusam SEÇKİNER
Credits: 3
Class Schedule: Monday 9:25- 12:25 ( Z1)
Prerequisites by topic Linear algebra, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, IE 321 Operations Research
Lecture Assistant: PhD. student Muhammet ZARA
Course Outline: The purpose of this course is to provide an appreciation of various techniques used in operations research, and their application in developing optimal solutions for real life problems.
Required Textbooks
1. Winston, Wayne L. (2004), Operations Research, Fourth Edition, Duxbury, ISBN: 0-534-38058-1
2. Operations Research: An Introduction (7th ed.), by Hamdy A. Taha, Prentice-Hall, New York (2003).
3. Introduction to Operations Research (8th ed.), by Frederick S. Hillier and Gerald J. Lieberman, McGraw Hill, New York (2005).
Topics
1.Introduction to Linear Programming
2.The Simplex Algorithm and Goal Programming
3.Sensitivity Analysis: An Applied Approach
4.Sensitivity Analysis and Duality
5.Transportation, Assignment, andTransshipment Problems
Optimization software: LINGO and TORA (Lab), WINQSB
Exams: Two in-class exams during the semester and final exam.
Grades: 60 % midterm exams, , 40 % Final exam
Homeworks will be solved by students in class using randomly selection!
Students must bring Winston's book.
