Department of Statistics

STAT379: Operations Research II

Lecturer in charge

Dr David Bulger

Availability

D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year

Unit Outline

Websites

Handbook entry

Coursework Information

Electronic Quizzes

Description

This unit complements STAT279 Operations Research I with the main emphasis again being on application of techniques to problems which arise in business and industry. The computing aspect of the unit will involve the use of a programming package.

Topics are to be chosen from integer programming (modelling, branch-and-bound), goal programming, inventory models, decision analysis, game theory and Markov Processes.