ENMA 603 - ODU



ENMA 603: OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Fall 2006 - Mon. 7:10pm – 9:50pm

Gornto 218

Instructor: Dr. Shannon Bowling

E-mail: sbowling@odu.edu

Phone: (757) 683-3179

Fax: (757) 683-5640

Office Kaufman Hall, Room 241-E

Office Hours: M (4-7PM), W (4-7PM)

Class Web Site:



How to Login: See the Blackboard section in this syllabus

You need to: Check the class web site frequently for notes, downloads, announcements etc.

TEXT:

• Management Science, 9th Edition, Bernard W. Taylor III, Prentice Hall, Incorporated, 2006

ISBN 0-13-196135-7

• Class notes will be posted on the class web site a few hours before class time. I will do my best to post the notes and any material needed one day before class. Please print them out and bring them to class. I will not hand (or mail) out hard copies.

• The class involves a lot of math, equations, graphs, etc. It will be difficult to type up notes for everything we do in class. Therefore, in addition to the posted notes I will be writing while lecturing and it is recommended that you take notes.

• Additional text, papers, notes etc may be used throughout the semester. Additional material will be posted on the class web site.

SOFTWARE: MS-Excel, Excel QM (on the CD included with the textbook), and possibly other tools that will be posted on the class web site.

HOMEWORK:

• Homework will be assigned throughout the semester.

• Homework will not be graded, this is for you benefit.

• Some homework problems will be solved in class as exercises.

• It is important to do the assigned problems to gain better understanding. Also the exams’ level of difficulty will be similar to the assigned problems. That does NOT mean that the exams will be the same or very similar to the homework problems.

• I will post the answer key to the homework assignments after the due date.

EXAMINATIONS:

• There will be three exams. All exams will be take-home exams.

• All three exams will be non-cumulative. That is, the chapters on the first exam will not be included on the second exam, and those on the second will not be included on the final.

• The lowest exam grade may be substituted by the second highest exam grade.

• I will not give any additional assignments for grade improvement. Therefore, do your best to do well on the exams and make sure you do your homework

GRADES

Exam 1 33%

Exam 2 33%

Exam 3 33%

GRADING SCALE:

90-93 A- 94-100 A

80-83 B- 84-86 B 87-89 B+

70-73 C- 74-76 C 77-79 C+

< 70 F

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

The Old Dominion honor system is in effect for all student work submitted during the course. In effect, this stipulates that lying, cheating or plagiarism are violations of the honor system and will be subject to disciplinary action.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• The University Catalog

Catalog.pdf

CLASS ATTENDANCE

Class attendance is “expected”. If for some reason a student should miss a class, it is the student’s responsibility to:

1. Inform themselves of any administrative announcements (e.g. schedule changes) discussed during a session.

2. “Make-up” any of the course material covered in the session. This is of particular importance as there will be work presented in the sessions that may not be covered adequately in the textbook.

It is not necessary to inform me of an absence should a situation arise where attendance is not possible. Please note however, that I reserve the right not to provide extensive information about what transpired in a class.

USING BLACKBOARD SOFTWARE:

1. Access the system at:

2. To login to Blackboard you need to use your ODU login and password.

3. If you do not know this information, visit the student help page which could be found at:

> Current Students > Blackboard > Student Help

4. I recommend reading the following topics

• Email Account Requirement,

• Quick Reference,

• Quick Start Manual,

• Logging in to Blackboard, and

• Conduct the Web Client Verification Check (home computers).

TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE

|Week |Topic |Date |

|1 |Introduction to Operations Research |6/28/2006 |

|2 |Labor Day Holiday |9/4/2006 |

|3 |Model Formulation and Graphical Analysis |9/11/2006 |

|4 |The Simplex Method |9/18/2006 |

|5 |Computer Solutions and Sensitivity Analysis |9/25/2006 |

|6 |Project Management |10/2/2006 |

| |(Take Home Exam 1 Given) | |

|7 |Fall Break |10/9/2006 |

|8 |Integer Programming |10/16/2006 |

| |(Exam 1 Due) | |

|9 |Transportation, Transshipment and Assignment Problems |10/23/2006 |

|10 |Network Flow Models (shortest path, minimal spanning tree, maximal |10/30/2006 |

| |flow) | |

|11 |Non-Linear Programming |11/6/2006 |

|12 |Multi-criteria Decision Making |11/13/2006 |

| |(Take Home Exam 2 Given) | |

|13 |Dynamic Programming |11/20/2006 |

| |(Take Home Exam 2 Due) | |

|14 |Queuing Analysis |11/27/2006 |

|15 |Markov Chains (Final Exam Given) |12/4/2006 |

|16 |Final Exam Due (Non-Cumulative) |12/11/2006 |

University Academic Calendar

|August 26 (Saturday) |  |Classes begin |

|September 4 (Monday) |  |Labor Day Holiday |  |

|October 7-10 (Sat-Tue.) |  |Fall Holiday |  |

|October 24 (Tuesday) |  |Last day to withdraw from classes |  |

|November 22-26 (Wed-Sun) |  |Thanksgiving Holiday |  |

|December 8 (Friday) |  |Classes end |  |

|December 9 (Saturday) |  |Exams begin |  |

|December 16 (Saturday) |  |Exams end |  |

|December 17 (Sunday) |  |Commencement | |

Syllabus is tentative and subject to change by the instructor.

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