Introduction to Operations Research I

  • type: Lecture
  • chair: Nickel
  • semester: Undergraduate, Bachelor-Foundation
  • place:

    Building 30.46, Neue Chemie, room 001
  • time:

    Thursday, 9:45-11:15
  • start: April 24th, 2009
  • lecturer:

    Professor Dr. Nickel
  • sws: 2
  • lv-no.: 25040
  • exam: Written examination
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Contents

 

Examples for typical OR problems.

Linear Programming: Basic notions, simplex method, duality, special versions of the simplex method (dual simplex method, three phase method), sensitivity analysis,parametric optimization, game theory.

Graphs and Networks: Basic notions of graph theory, shortest paths in networks, project scheduling, maximal and minimal cost flows in networks.

Literature

  • Domschke, Drexl: Einführung in Operations Research, Springer, 2007
  • Hillier, Lieberman: Introduction to Operations Research, McGraw-Hill, 2005