BQ 575 . Operations Research and Quantitative Analysis (3)

This course is an examination of optimum resource allocation emphasizing the application of quantitative methods. Topics include: optimum values, minimum and maximum values with and without constraints, queuing, linear models and techniques; simplex method; transportation and assignment methods; Markov chains; artificial variables; duality; integer programming; Poisson processes; Game theory; forecasting techniques; network models; tree structures; simulation and sensitivity; scheduling and replacement; and sequencing problems.