Complements of Operational Research

Code:

LGE501

Acronym:

CIO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Business Sciences

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	124	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	4	3	6	-
GES	65	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	4	3	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. To study new topics in Operational Research, beyond those included in the introductory subject.
2. To use software to develop a simulation project.

Program

1. Simulation
2. Extensions of Queueing Theory
3. Decision Analysis
4. Network Problems

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.

Texts to accompany some topics not included in the book will be made available to the students.

Software

MS Excel

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	67,50
Test 1	Exame			2008-04-14
Test 2	Exame			2008-05-19
Test 3	Exame			2008-06-09
Simulation Project	Exame			2008-06-06
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

For component 1 the student has to attend classes with no more than 9 absences.

Calculation formula of final grade

1. Each test ... 25% ; Simulation Project ... 25%
2. Final exam ... 100%