ME-523 Operations Research

ME-523 OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Credit Hours = 3

COURSE CONTENT

  • Linear Programming: Formulation, Graphic solution, Assumptions of LP, The Simplex method, Equality constraints, Inequality constraints, Negative RHS, Duality theory, Primal and dual problems.
  • Special Types of LP Problems: The transportation problem, Production scheduling, North-west corner rule, Vogel's approximation method, Russell's method, Transshipment problem, Assignment problem, Goal programming, Sensitivity analysis, Parametric programming, Dynamic programming, Integer programming. Queuing Theory: Basic Queuing process, the birth and death process, Basic model with infinite and finite queue, Limited input source, Priority Queuing model.
  • Inventory Control Theory: Deterministic Models: Continuous review-uniform demand, shortages permitted, Quantity discount- shortages not permitted.
  • Stochastic Models: Single- period model with no setup cost, Model with initial stock level, Single- period model with setup cost, Two- period inventory model with no setup cost.

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