MA3605 - Operations Research and Modelling
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Mathematics & Statistics (pre 2009) |
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 Outcomes
- an understanding of how real world problems involving optimisation and problems from science and engineering can be solved using mathematical techniques;
- to become familiar with and apply commercial software packages to real world problem solving.
| Prerequisites: | MA2000 and MA2100 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MA3501 and MA3601 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Shaun Belward |
| Lecturers: | Professor Danny Coomans, Dr Shaun Belward. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (10%); assignments (15%); project (15%). |
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