Operational Research

Code:

EM0039

Acronym:

IO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/~mac/ensino/IO20112012MIEM.html
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Mechanical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEM	135	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	6	56	160

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Endow the students with competences to:
- identify and approach decision problems in a structured way;
- build models for decision problems;
- use quantitative methods to obtain solutions for models;
- use spreadsheets for the models analysis and solution generation;
- begin to use the information extracted from the models to induce and motivate organizational changes.

Program

Introduction to Operational Research (OR)
Decision Analysis
Modeling
Linear Programming (LP)
Integer Programming
Networks and Graphs:
- Transportation problems
- Assignment problems
- Maximum flow and Shortest path
- Project planning and control, CPM and PERT
Queuing systems

Mandatory literature

Hillier, Frederick S.; Introduction to operations research. ISBN: 0-07-118163-6

Complementary Bibliography

Antunes, Carlos Henggeler 340; Casos de aplicação da investigação operacional. ISBN: 972-773-075-2
Tavares, Luís Valadares 070; Investigação operacional. ISBN: 972-8298-08-0
Clemen, Robert T.; Making hard decisions. ISBN: 0-534-92336-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures:
Exposure of programmatic themes whenever possible using methods of active learning, illustrated by cases, examples and problems.

Practical classes:
Clarification of doubts about the resolution of problems and homework proposed.

Software

Solver do Excel

keywords

Social sciences > Economics > Management studies > Industrial management
Physical sciences > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Operations research

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Teste	15,00
	Exame	12,00
	Exame	8,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	75
	Total:	75,00

Eligibility for exams

Assessment rules.
Distributed evaluation with a minimum grade of 40%.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exercises (closed book) - 5 values
2 tests (open book) - 5 values each one (10 values total)
Final exam (open book) - 5 values

Examinations or Special Assignments

It will be proposed to the students the resolution (consulting not allowed) of 7 original exercises during the lectures that will be corrected and graded on a scale of 0 to 1 marks.
Students may accumulate, with these exercises, a maximum of 5 values.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Evaluations in special time will be made only by the final exam (closed book).

Classification improvement

The improvement of the evaluation component of the distributed will be subject to a special testing during the time of examinations.