MA3605 - Operations Research and Modelling
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Engineering |
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 OR MA2201) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MA3501 MA3601 MA3050 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Darcy Mullamphy. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (10%); assignments (15%); project (15%). |
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