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| GCER0015-1 | Quantitative Methods in Management
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| Duration : | 35h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Michael Schyns |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| Linear programming, simplex methods, sensitivy analysis, duality
Data mining
Queueing therory basic features, arrival and service processes, M/M/c models
Simulation basic principles, random generators, analysis of the results |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Acquire some familiarity with the mathematical modelling approach to decision making and with models and methods used in operation research ;
Become able to reconstruct and to interpret output models ;
Become able to identify situation where these models can be applied successfully. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Operations Research, An introduction
Hamdy A. Taha
Ninth Edition
Pearson |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| On-going evaluation, case study, written exam 100% |
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