James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2002

MA3605:03

Operations Research and Modelling

Townsville

HECS Band 2

39 hours lectures, 26 practice classes. Semester 2. This subject may be offered in flexible delivery mode if the class size is small.

Staff: Dr W Read.

This subject describes mathematical techniques applied to real world problems. Topics will be chosen from: the non-linear oscillator, traffic flow problems, population models, the simplex method, integer programming, network flow problems, general linear programming and transportation problems.

Learning Objectives:

  1. an understanding of how real world problems involving optimisation and problems from science and engineering can be solved using mathematical techniques;
  2. to become familiar with and apply commercial software packages to real world problem solving.

Assessment by coursework (tests and assignments) (40%); a three-hour examination (60%).