Study Programmes 2015-2016
GEST3022-2  
Operations research for economics
Duration :
16h Th, 8h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Thomas Dogot
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
I. Introduction I.1. Operations Research and Optimization I.2. Course structure II. Integer Linear Programming II.1. Linear Programming Reminder II.2. Introduction to Integer Linear Programming II.3. Resolution by "Branch & Bound" II.4. Other Methods III. Combinatorial Optimization III.1. Introduction to Combinatorics III.2. Examples of Combinatorial Optimization Problems III.3. Application of the graph theory to OR  
Learning outcomes of the course :
Complete students' education by developing their reasoning ability (especially in the quantitative field) and their command of operations research tools and concepts. After completing the course the student is expected to - solve an integer linear programming problem - identify a combinatorial optimization problem - apply an algorithm to solving a combinatorial optimization problem  
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Prerequisites: MATH0068 and MATH0485 - General Mathematics (first part and second part) Co-requisites: GBLX0057 - Mathematical methods in decision making
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures : 14h Practical Works : 10h
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face course as detailed in the previous section
Recommended or required readings :
1) E. Aarts, J.K. Lenstra, éditors, "Local Search in Combinatorial Optimization", John Wiley and Sons, United Kingdom, 1997. 2) R. Faure, B. Lemaire, C. Picouleau, "Précis de recherche opérationnelle", 6ème édition, Dunod, Paris, 2009. 3) F.S. Hillier, G.J. Lieberman, "Introduction to Operations Research", McGraw-Hill, U.S.A., 1990. 4) M. Pirlot, "General local search heuristics in Combinatorial Optimization : a Tutorial", Jorbel, vol. 32 (1,2), Belgium, 1992.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral examination (100%)
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Th. Dogot ULg - Gx ABT Unité d'Economie et Développement rural 2, Passage des Déportés 5030 Gembloux thomas.dogot@ulg.ac.be +32 (0)81 62 23 64