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Presentation
Presentation
In this curricular unit the basic concepts of Operations Research are presented and their application in the Management area
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT72-81
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
- Introduction to Linear Programming
- Formulation of Linear Programming Problems
- Solving Linear Programming Problems: Graphical Method
- Solving Linear Programming Problems: Primal Simplex Algorithm
- Artificial Variable Technique: Two fases Method
- Duality Theory
- Dual Simplex Algorithm
- Post-Optimization Analysis
- Sensitive Analysis
- Transportation Problems
- Assignment Problems
- Network Analysis
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Objectives
Objectives
- Familiarize students with the mathematical formulation of problems and their methods of resolution by Operations Research
- Present the main techniques of Operations Research used to solve problems in the Management area
- Promote the use of software in order to solve problems
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Students should know how to apply the content taught in class by preparing an essay, in which a real optimization problem must be solved. The use of suitable software is mandatory. Work groups are set up and each one of them must hand in a report on the work carried out and proceed with its presentation.
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References
References
- Hillier,F.S. and Lieberman, G.J. (2010) Introduction to Operations Research , 9th edition, McGraw-Hill international edition
- Taha, H.A. (2017) Operations Research: An Introduction, 10th edition, Pearson
- Winston,W.L. (2003) Introduction to Mathematical Programming: Applications and Algorithms, PSW-Kent
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
