Course Contents

Overview, history and definition of operation research (O.R.), introduction to linear programming. Formulation of LP model. Standard form. Duality theory, primal and dual form. Graphical solution of two variables. Row operations, Gaussian elimination. Simplex method. Transporation, assignment and shortest path problems. Sensitivity Analysis. Introduction to CPM and PERT techniques. Inventory control models. Queuing models. Dynamic programming and simulation models.