14/02/2013
UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Course Number: IE 322
Course Title: Operations Research II
Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Dr. Serap Ulusam SEÇKINER
Credits: 3
Class Schedule: Wednesday 9:30- 12:30 ( Z2)
Prerequisites by topic Linear algebra, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, IE 321 Operations Research
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
" Winston, Wayne L. (2004), Operations Research, Fourth Edition, Duxbury, ISBN: 0-534-38058-1
" Operations Research: An Introduction (7th ed.), by Hamdy A. Taha, Prentice-Hall, New York (2003).
" Introduction to Operations Research (8th ed.), by Frederick S. Hillier and Gerald J. Lieberman, McGraw Hill, New York (2005).
Topics
1. Transportation, Assignment, andTransshipment Problems
2. Network Models
3. Integer Programming
4. Nonlinear Programming
5. Markov Chains
6. Deterministic Dynamic Programming
7. Probabilistic Dynamic Programming
8. Optimization software: LINGO and TORA (Lab), WINQSB
Exams: Two in-class exams during the semester and Final exam. Grades: 40 % midterm exams, 20% homeworks, 40 % Final exam.
Homeworks will be solved by students in class using randomly selection!
