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Operations Research (HIR) (B-KUL-D0H28A)

6.0 ECTS Dutch 45.5 First termFirst term Basic Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Leus Roel
POC Bachelor FEB

Course material

Text book
Slides, transparencies, courseware
Toledo / e-platform

Is also included in other courses

Activities

3.0 ects. Combinatorial optimization (B-KUL-D0H43a)

3.0 ECTS Dutch 23.0 First termFirst term
Leus Roel
POC Bachelor FEB

Content

Formulations and solution techniques for the transportation, assignment and transshipment problem; shortest paths, the maximum flow problem, minimum cost flows, CPM and PERT.
Integer programming: problem formulations (including quality of formulations), the branch-and-bound algorithm, the cutting-plane algorithm, dynamic programming.Introduction to complexity theory.

Course material

Winston, W.L.  Operations Research.  Applications and Algorithms.  Fourth edition.Class notes and extra texts, made available via Toledo.

This course is also included in

3.0 ects. Operations research: combinatorial optimization - special topics & stochastic models (B-KUL-D0H44a)

3.0 ECTS Dutch 22.5 First termFirst term
Leus Roel
POC Bachelor FEB

Content

Combinatorial optimization: special topics and applications.
Stochastic dynamic programming.
Markov decision processes.
Queueing theory.Simulation.

Course material

Winston, W.L.  Operations Research.  Applications and Algorithms.  Fourth edition.Class notes and extra texts, made available via Toledo.

Evaluation

Evaluation : Operations Research (HIR) (B-KUL-D2H28a)

Mode of evaluation : Written
Category : interim evaluations plus final examination during examination period
Type of evaluation : Closed book, Assessment exercises