OR 540

Management Science

Fall 2002

Instructor: Dr. Andrew Loerch

Office: Science and Tech II, Room 119

Phone: (703) 993-1657 (O); (703) 709-7465 (H)

e-mail: aloerch@gmu.edu

Office Hours: Before or after class, or by appointment

Text: Spread Sheet Modeling and Decision Analysis by Ragsdale

Course Focus: Covers selected topics in Management Science as applied to managerial

decision making. Topics include resource allocation using linear programming,

transportation, assignment, and network models, queuing models for waiting

line analysis, and decision-making under uncertainty. Emphasis is on problem

formulation and use of microcomputers to solve problems. Other Class Info.

Topic Assignment*

Introduction Chapt 1

Decision Analysis Part 1 Chapt 15 § 15.17, 15.18, HW 1 (handout)

Intro to Optimization, Modeling, Solving Chapt 2, Chapt 3 HW pg 118, #6, 7, 13, 14, 15

Sensitivity Analysis Chapt 4 HW pg 168, #5, 11, 12, 13

Network Models Chapt 5 HW pg 212, #5, 6, 14, 16, 19

Integer Linear Programming Chapt 6 HW pg 279, # 5, 9, 13, 14

Goal Programming Chapt 7 HW pg 326, #10 a, b, 11 a, b, pg 455 #14

(L1 norm regression),

Forecasting Chapt 11 HW pg 550 #4, 5, 8 (a=.2), 10 a, c, d, 11

Simulation Chapt 12 Simulation HW

Queueing Theory Chapt 13

Decision Analysis Part 2 Chapt 15

*Written homework assignments will be given weekly and posted on the class website.

Grading: Midterm 40%

Final Exam 40%

Class & Homework 20%

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