Operations Management, Spring 1999

Classes & Handouts
Operations Management
33:623:386:04
Spring 1999

Jan 26
- Example 2.2: EXCEL spreadsheet and solution
- Example 2.2: Graphical solution
Feb 2
- Investment Problem
  - Solution
  - An alternative solution
- Juice Problem
  - Solution
Feb 4
- Example 3.2 (Text, p. 79)
- Example 3.3 (Text, p. 88)
Feb 9
- Example 3.4 (Text, p. 97)
Feb 11
- Example 3.5 (Text, p. 111)
- Example 3.6 (Text, p. 116)
Feb 16
- Guidelines and Hints for Formulating Linear Programming Problems
- How not to solve Problem 1, HW 5
- Example 4.4 (Text, p. 168): Critical Path Method
- An alternative solution of Example 4.4
Feb 18
- Example 4.4a (Text, p. 172): Crashing a Project to meet Deadline
- An alternative solution of Example 4.4a
- Example 4.1 (Text, p. 151): The Transportation Problem
Feb 23
- Example 4.2 (Text, p. 154): Production & Inventory
- Example 4.3 (Text, p. 162): Assignment
Feb 25
- Midterm Exam
March 2
- Example 4.5 (Text, p. 178): Min Cost Flows
March 4
- Exercise 4.34 (Text, p. 186): Min Cost Flows
- Exercise 4.36 (Text, p. 187): Min Cost Flows
March 9
- Exercise 5.1 (Text, p. 214): Knapsack Problem
- Exercise 5.2 (Text, p. 225): Fixed Charge
- Exercise 5.3 (Text, p. 236): Location Problem
March 11
- Exercise 5.4 (Text, p. 241): Warehouse Location
- Exercise 5.5 (Text, p. 248): Set Covering
- Exercise 5.6 (Text, p. 252): Either-Or Constraints
March 25: Midterm 2
- Problem 1
- Problem 2
- Problem 3
March 30
- Data Tables
- Simulation of tossing coins
- Simulation of rolling dice
April 1
- The Transportation Paradox
- The LOOKUP functions
- Random Numbers
April 6
- The Binomial Distribution
- The Normal Distribution
- Equipment Replacement
- Example 12.1 (Text, p. 589)
April 8
- Example 12.2 (Text, p. 603)
- Example 12.3 (Text, p. 616)
April 13
- Quick Guide to @Risk Functions
- The Overbooking Problem
  - Problem Statement
  - @Risk Simulation
April 15
- A RISK simulation of the Equipment Replacement Problem, solved previously by spreadsheet simulation
April 20
- Example 13.1 (Text, p. 654)
- Example 13.2 (Text, p. 662)
- Example 13.3 (Text, p. 672)
- Example 13.4 (Text, p. 679)
- The Birthday Problem again
April 27
- Generating Electric Power
  - Problem Statement
  - @Risk simulation
- Repair Shop Problem
- Hiring Translators
  - Problem Statement
  - Risk simulation

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