Operational Research

Code:

LEC305

Acronym:

IO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Business Sciences

Instance: 2005/2006 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Management
Course/CS Responsible:	ECONOMICS

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	431	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	3	3		-

Objectives

The main objectives of "Operational Research" are:
1. To get the students acquainted with the OR methodology of solving problems.
2. To present the main techniques used by OR.
3. To use software to solve selected problems.

Program

1. Introduction
2. Linear Programming
3. Integer Linear Programming
4. Stochastic Processes
5. Queueing Theory
6. Project Management

Main Bibliography

"Investigação Operacional", de L. Valadares Tavares, R. Carvalho Oliveira, I. Hall Themido e F. Nunes Correia, Editora McGraw-Hill de Portugal, Lda., 1996.

Texto 1 – Problemas de Investigação Operacional
Texto 2 – Interpretação da Solução de um Modelo de PL
Texto 3 – Programação Linear Inteira
Texto 4 – Processos Estocásticos

The above texts, as well as other material used in classes is, or will be, available in 'Documentos'.

Complementary Bibliography

"Investigação Operacional", de R. Bronson e G. Naadimuthu, Editora McGraw-Hill de Portugal, Lda., 2001.

"Introduction to Operations Research", de F. S. Hillier e G. J. Lieberman, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 2004.

"Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms", de W. Winston, Duxbury Press, 2003.

Software

MS Excel

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

For component 1 the student has to attend classes with no more than 8 absences.

Calculation formula of final grade

1- Each partial test .... 15%
Global test ........... 70%
2- Final exam ......... 100%