Operations Research: Methods and Applications - MATH2140

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Mathematics and Statistics
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MATH1031(CR) or MATH1231 or MATH1241 or MATH1251.
 
 
Excluded: ECON2208, MATH2160, MATH2180
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


An introduction to modelling and solution techniques for linear optimization problems and their application to business and industry. Formulation of problems, the simplex method, duality and sensitivity analysis, integer programming using branch and bound, networks, transportation and assignment problems. Matlab will be used to solve realistic problems.