IME 470: INFORMATION AND POLICIES



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INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

INSTRUCTOR: Canan Bilen Green
OFFICE: 202G CIE
EMAIL: canan_bilen_green@ndsu.nodak.edu
PHONE: (701) 231-7283-Office
PHONE: (701) 293-7847-Home
OFFICE HOURS: MW 1:00-3:0, R 3:00-5:00 or by appointment



COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Course provides a solid introduction to concepts and methods in operations research.
Topics include linear programming, transportation models, assignment models, integer programming
network flows, project management, nonlinear programming.
Practical examples will be used as to illustrate concepts.

TIME: MWF 9:00-9:50 AM
PLACE: CIE 207
TEXTBOOK: Introduction to Management Science,
Bernard W. Taylor III, Sixth Edition 1999.
PREQUISITES: MATH 260

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COURSE POLICIES:

GRADING
Percentage
Tentative Dates
Homework
20%
Weekly
Exam 1
20%
2/5, Friday 9:00-9:50 AM
Exam 2
20%
3/26, Friday 9:00-9:50 AM
Final
20%
5/7, Friday 7:30-7:30 AM
Quizzes (4)
15%
Unannounced
Project
5%
4/28, Friday 9:00-9:50 AM

Letter grades: 90-100 = A; 80-89 = B; 70-79 = C; 60-69 = D; <60 = F
Grade thresholds may be lowered at the discretion of the instructor.

HOMEWORK

Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Selected homework problems will be collected, and graded.
Late homework will be graded but given no credit. Please feel free to discuss course topics and assignments.
However, each student must complete their own work individually. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Please work neatly, show all your work, and clearly indicate all answers.
Homework solutions will be posted on the class web shortly after
assignment collection. Some homework will be discussed in class.

EXAMS

Exams will emphasize class material and homework exercises. Exams will not be a regurgitation of class material.
Rather, students are expected to apply concepts, techniques, and methods to new situations.
Exams will be closed book. Student must take exams at scheduled time.
Make-up exams will not be given if the student did not contact
the instructor prior to missing an exam.

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COURSE OUTLINE

SESSION

Session

Date

Topic

HW Due

Reading

1

1/6 W

Introduction

    

2

1/8 F

Management science

Give 1st

Chapter 1

3

1/11 M

Linear programming

  

Chapter 2

4

1/13 W

Model formulation

    

5

1/15 F

Graphical solution

HW1

  

6

1/18 M

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday- No Class

    

7

1/20 W

Linear programming: computer solution

  

Chapter 3

8

1/22 F

Graphical solution

HW2

  

9

1/25 M

Linear programming: modeling examples

  

Chapter 4

10

1/27 W

Modeling examples, continued

    

11

1/29 F

Modeling examples, continued

HW3

  

12

2/1 M

Simplex solution method

  

Chapter 5

13

2/3 W

Simplex solution method

    

14

2/5 F

EXAM #1

    

15

2/8 M

Simplex solution method

    

16

2/10 W

Simplex solution method

    

17

2/12 F

Simplex solution method

HW4

  

18

2/15 M

Presidents Day Holiday- No Class

    

19

2/17 W

Post optimality analysis

    

20

2/19 F

Post optimality analysis, continued

HW5

  

21

2/22 M

Transportation problem

  

Chapter 6

22

2/24 W

Transportation problem, continued

    

23

2/26 F

Transportation problem, continued

HW6

  

24

3/1 M

Assignment problem

    

25

3/3 W

Assignment problem, continued

    

26

3/5 F

Assignment problem, continued

HW7

  

27

3/8 M

Spring Break- No Class

    

28

3/10 W

Spring Break- No Class

    

29

3/12 F

Spring Break- No Class

    

30

3/15 M

Integer programming

  

Chapter 7

31

3/17 W

Integer programming, continued

    

32

3/19 F

Integer programming, continued

HW8

  

33

3/22 M

Goal programming

  

Chapter 8

34

3/24 W

Goal programming, continued

    

35

3/26 F

EXAM #2

    

36

3/29 M

Network flows

  

Chapter 10

37

3/31 W

Network flows, continued

    

38

4/2 F

Recess -No Class

    

39

4/5 M

Recess -No Class

    

40

4/7 W

Network flows, continued

    

41

4/9 F

Network flows, continued

HW9

  

42

4/12 M

Project management

  

Chapter 11

43

4/14 W

Project management, continued

    

44

4/16 F

Project management, continued

HW10

  

45

4/19 M

Project management, continued

    

46

4/21 W

Project management, continued

    

47

4/23 F

Project management, continued

HW11

  

48

4/26 M

Nonlinear programming

  

Chapter 9

49

4/28 W

Nonlinear programming, continued

    
 

5/7 F

COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM from 7:30 to 9:30 AM

    
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